O woman, perfect woman! what distraction Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil! — John Fletcher Copy Share Image
Art has something to do with the arrest of attention in the midst of distraction. — George Plimpton Copy Share Image
Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying. — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
To drink for pleasure may be a distraction, but to drink from misery is always a danger. — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
“We have deficited upon their attention in the most disorderly fashion.” — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention. — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
“An unplanned day invites both distraction and destruction.” — Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth Copy Share Image
“I'd like to remain at that one delicate remove, so you can get to know me without the distraction of other people's… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
Radio is such a perfect medium for the transmission of poetry, primarily because there just is the voice, there's no visual distraction. — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
There’s one thing I will not do, ever: I will never talk to you about things you cannot change. It plants a… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
The Internet is just bringing all kinds of information into the home. There's just a lot of distraction, a lot of competition… — Phil McGraw Copy Share Image
While this may seem peculiar, the combo of work and distraction leads to levels of innovation not often generated by structured, focused… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
Banish, therefore, from thy heart the distractions of earth and turn thine eyes to spiritual joys, that thou mayest learn at last… — Albertus Magnus Copy Share Image
I am suspending my presidential campaign, because of the continued distractions, the continued hurt caused on me and my family, not because… — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
Lord knows one can use a distraction during divorce, and it's great to feel you are again successful on your own, with… — Sonja Morgan Copy Share Image
I have always had a deep belief that every movie, every artistic expression, is political. Don't be fooled. Even ones that we… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
“In a strange way, I envied the quality of Morrie's time even as I lamented its diminishing supply. Why did we bother… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“The majority of people do dozens, even hundreds, of things right during the day, and a few things wrong. Guess which things… — Hal Elrod Copy Share Image
“A little Internet browsing and a few marginally important e-mails never ruined anyone’s life strategy. But we’re not really talking about a… — Geoffrey Tumlin Copy Share Image
“Are you going to distract me by playing footsie?" "Absolutely, princess," he says with a wink. "Then I won't remember a thing."… — Tera Lynn Childs Copy Share Image
As we hone the ability to let go of distraction, to begin again without rancor or judgment, we are deepening forgiveness and… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Ministers are tempted to join the ranks of those who consider it their primary task to keep other people busy … But… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
By letting go of dieting, I free up mental and emotional room. I have more space, I can move. The pursuit of… — Sallie Tisdale Copy Share Image
If you don’t know your purpose, discover it, now. The core of your life is your purpose. Everything in your life, from… — David Deida Copy Share Image
“The human mind feels lonely even when there are so many organs and innumerable cells continuously functioning together in the body. Makes… — Nabil Bhatiya Copy Share Image
Before you sweat the logistics of focus: first, care. Care intensely… Obsessing over the slipperiness of focus, bemoaning the volume of those… — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
There's a floating distraction in the contemporary world, life at a distance enabled by technology. I want people to commit at the… — Simon Critchley Copy Share Image
I have no statistics to prove it, but I'm sure the American workplace will be adversely affected on Monday, the day after… — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
Art is a high calling - fears are coincidental. Coincidental, sneaky and disruptive, we might add, disguising themselves variously as laziness, resistance… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
After a time I found that I could almost listen to the silence, which had a dimension all of its own. I… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
When we find ourselves devoid of passion and purpose, the first thing we need to do is stop. But that's not easy.… — Dawna Markova Copy Share Image
“The primary causes of errors in nursing are distraction and stress.” — Carmel Sheridan Copy Share Image
You ever go to a restaurant and watch how many families and couples actually talk? No one talks anymore, everybody is in… — Timothy Bradley Copy Share Image
Zen culture invites us to experience reality without the intervening distractions of intellect, categories, analysis. — Tom Hoover Copy Share Image
“I’d find someone else. No distractions. Men get in the way of ambition. Plus, they laugh at you when you fail” — Rose Pressey Copy Share Image
To play the piano is to consort with nature. Every mollusk, galaxy, vapor or viper as well the sweet incense of love's… — Russell Sherman Copy Share Image
