Distraction Quotes · Page 18

Hot yoga is the best. When you're in [class], there are no cell phones, no talking, no distractions. You're taking a leave…

— Shawn Johnson

You know, exams are like war -- the birth rate of ideas goes up. Anything to keep from this dismal regimen, says…

— James Tiptree Jr

When the turbulence of distracting thoughts subside and our mind becomes still, a deep happiness and contentment naturally arises from within.

— Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

The Internet is a big distraction. It's distracting, it's meaningless; it's not real. It's in the air somewhere.

— Ray Bradbury

Distractions must be conquered or they will conquer us. So let us cultivate simplicity; let us walk in the Spirit.

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

“Yes, we had slept together a few times at balls. Quite often, actually. But that was all it had ever been —…

— Dari A. Malaunt

The life of the arts is far from an interruption, a distraction, in the life of a nation, is close to the…

— John F. Kennedy

Playing live is a lost art, and you don't see a lot of bands that go out and play the way the…

— Corey Taylor

If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down…

— Anonymous

The contradictions in Renan , his feminine sensibility, coquetry, unavowed egotism, and sudden emotional outbursts, all indicate a soul deliberately using distraction…

— Georges Bernanos

Writers tend to work early in the morning, or late at night, when brains are naturally able to focus deeply on one…

— Scott Adams

There is no need to believe or disbelieve your thoughts - just don't enter anything. They don't distract you - you get…

— Mooji

My house has too many distractions. There's the email. There's checking my Amazon ranking. I know I'm the only author who's ever…

— Harlan Coben

Obstruction can be caused by so many factors - perfectionism, distraction, faltering confidence, external demands and pressures. At some point, of course,…

— Claire Messud

“For some reason, her features soften at that. “You don’t spend much time around women, do you?” I shrug. “They are around…

— Jessa Kane

The evolution of social media into a robust mechanism for social transformation is already visible. Despite many adamant critics who insist that…

— Simon Mainwaring

“So I am your distraction?" "You," He said,his face coming within inches of mine, " Are my only hope.”

— Rebecca Maizel

"Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with," the Mock Turtle replied, "and then the different branches of Arithmetic Ambition, Distraction, Uglification,…

— Lewis Carroll

Clever gimmicks of mass distraction yield a cheap soulcraft of addicted and self-medicated narcissists.

— Cornel West

“It must be emphasized that hygge entails commitment to the present moment and a readiness to set distractions aside.”

— Louisa Thomsen Brits

I imagine that one of the biggest troubles with colleges is there are too many distractions, too much panty-raiding, fraternities, and boola-boola…

— Malcolm X

Here in Seattle, I'm the most productive I've ever been. I don't allow myself personal distractions. I'm extremely disciplined here.

— Donald Byrd

The mass production of distraction is now as much a part of the American way of life as the mass production of…

— C. Wright Mills

If you know you're going to be outside, you have to be a little bit more in tune, so that you don't…

— George Dzundza

As for Twitter, I've found that you have to learn how to make it add value rather than subtract hours from one's…

— Howard Rheingold

Our worlds needs more time to wonder and reflect but there is too much fast paced constant distraction.

— Fred Rogers

It's never a good sign when many players leave the club or when you have many coaching changes, because it brings a…

— Marco Reus

“If our state were really happy, we should not need to take our minds off it in order to make ourselves happy.”

— Blaise Pascal

“I’ve always thought that books have some kind of healing power and that they can, if nothing else, provide a distraction.”

— Katarina Bivald

The familiar childhood admonition of 'counting to 10' before taking action works because it emphasizes the two key elements of anger management…

— Bill Vaughan

The moment of drifting into thought has been so clipped by modern technology. Our lives are filled with distraction with smartphones and…

— Glen Hansard

“Closing one’s eyes when praying doesn’t increase the odds of the prayer being answered. It merely decreases the odds of being distracted.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Uncertainty makes people anxious, and distraction is the twenty-first century opiate of the masses.”

— Meg Jay

“Your genius is its own distraction. It consumes you in ways nothing else can. It pulls you away like a jealous lover.”

— Brian Knapp

I think we work well when there are absolutely no distractions whatsoever, because we tend to come up with the best ideas…

— Ed MacFarlane

I think the guys that are successful might be a little more relaxed and able to deal with the distractions.

— Eli Manning

Working to anticipate the future can be a distraction from the important task of dealing with the present.

— Ed Seykota

“Can I do anything for you? Bake you cookies? Walk your dogs? Throw snowballs? Just generally be a distraction?”

— Dee Henderson

Many women in particular fail to see the positive benefits they might gain from engaging in the political process because they find…

— Cathy Newman

I don't pay attention to accolades or any of that stuff because I think it can serve as a distraction, so for…

— Malcolm Brogdon