I need distractions. Good distractions, not bad ones. A good distraction for me is a great play. — Danny Aiello Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, when you're troubled and hurt, you pour yourself into things that can't hurt back.” — Gentleman's Agreement Copy Share Image
I needed something--the distraction of another life--to alleviate fear. — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
What is sickness? What is health? Both are distractions. Put them both aside and go forward. — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
“providing the element of slight distraction to keep the mind from wandering. Each” — John Charles Pollock Copy Share Image
I suspect that money is a far greater distraction for the artist than hunger. — J. D. Salinger Copy Share Image
I'm painting so much that I don't listen to much music. Because music is another creative outlet, it's a huge distraction for… — Chris Mars Copy Share Image
We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to… — Queen Elizabeth II Copy Share Image
An Active mind didn't need distraction in its physical environment. It needed a collection of outstanding books and a good lamp. Maybe… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
“I itched to have my phone in my hands so I could . . . I didn’t even know what. I wanted… — Tara Altebrando Copy Share Image
Your billion-dollar ideas don't show up in the middle of dramatic distraction. They show up when you have the business and personal… — Robin S. Sharma Copy Share Image
“Twitter is a serious writing distraction. As are grapefruits. The two have nothing else in common.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Nostalgia is a sweet place for a poet and writer to be in. But it's an indulgence; a distraction. You can't live… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
“He makes His ministers a flame of fire. Am I ignitable? God deliver me from the dread asbestos of ‘other things’.” — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
The subconscious mind is probably the most important factor in being a good golfer. It keeps distractions on the course from ruining… — Wiffy Cox Copy Share Image
“Far too often, especially under stress (and few things could have been more stressful than the Entebbe crisis), we turn inward and… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
It's the same thing as a competitor with anything whether it be a play, an injury, a distraction. You just put it… — Adam Thielen Copy Share Image
Under our present enormous accumulation of books, I do affirm that a most miserable distraction of choice must be very generally incident… — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
A lot of things create a distraction, and when you're on a quest as a football team you want to limit distractions.… — Andrew Hawkins Copy Share Image
What’s a little calming distraction for your girlfriend in the midst of world entertainment domination?” “I’d stop the world from spinning for… — Sylvia Day Copy Share Image
The world that we live in is full of distractions and pleasures that pull us away from a spiritual life. Even our… — Michael Huffington Copy Share Image
As liberals are puppets in Donald Trump's show right now, all he needs to do is create any distraction and all of… — Sam Rasoul Copy Share Image
“Distraction: The Productivity Killer Why you are distracted isn’t the issue. The real issue is you are avoiding work that you need… — Liesha Petrovich Copy Share Image
Cool is spent. Cool is empty. Cool is ex post facto. When advertisers and pundits hoard a word, you know it's time… — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
If one is the kind of creature I am and wants to do the kind of writing I want to do, an… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
I worked closely with Steve Peters, the British Cycling team's psychologist, and we came up with a strategy of dealing with the… — Chris Hoy Copy Share Image
That's because of everything the public interest and the media interest is focused on: What did Donald Trump know and when did… — Angus King Copy Share Image
And so, from the first, we separated our pleasure. She lay on the rug and I lay at right angles to her… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
It's hard not to hate. People, things, institutions. When they break your spirit and take pleasure in watching you bleed, hate is… — J-Ax Copy Share Image
It is a fair adornment of a man and a great convenience both to himself and to all those with whom he… — Isaac Barrow Copy Share Image
I'm not the distraction in the room.' 'Oh? And what might be?' -Nora & Patch (PG 242) — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
“We are addicted to attention, but when it comes to paying attention, we are not accessible.” — Alin Sav Copy Share Image
I have zero interest in these Capitol people. They are only distractions from the food. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, women are a distraction. Whether you realize it or not. — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
[Donald] Trump's pension for distractions is starting to frustrate members of his own party. — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
Creation is in part merely the business of forgoing the great and small distractions. — E. B. White Copy Share Image