Distraction Quotes · Page 9

You don't want your readers seeing easy connections; it becomes a distraction.

— Neal Stephenson

Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.

— Talib Kweli

I think nighttime is dark so you can imagine your fears with less distraction.

— Bill Watterson

Distraction wastes our energy, concentration restores it.

— Sharon Salzberg

No fear. No distractions. The ability to let that which does not matter truly slide.

— Chuck Palahniuk

I can't listen to music while writing - any such distraction would have dreadful consequences.

— Lincoln Child

Almost all accidents take place because of human distraction.

— Sebastian Thrun

Girls were always my biggest distraction in school.

— Channing Tatum

I'll sit down for an hour or two a few days a week in a quiet place and brainstorm. The earlier in…

— Ted Alexandro

Know that the true dharma emerges of itself [during the practice of zazen], clearing away hindrances and distractions.

— Dogen

“My #writing isn't a hobby; it's not a distraction nor escape from reality, neither is it a waste of time. My writing…

— Diem Burden

I think the biggest change in my game is also the biggest distraction in my game. Me constantly trying to slow down…

— Ovince Saint Preux

The writer cannot make the seas of distraction stand still, but he [or she] can at times come between the madly distracted…

— Saul Bellow

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

“I’d find someone else. No distractions. Men get in the way of ambition. Plus, they laugh at you when you fail”

— Rose Pressey

Zen culture invites us to experience reality without the intervening distractions of intellect, categories, analysis.

— Tom Hoover

But it does take the determination that you're going to put your thoughts upon something that does feel good. And so, here…

— Esther Hicks

Are you trivialising the sisterhood if you dye your hair or have your eyebrows threaded? I'd say the answer to that is…

— Louise Mensch

When I am liberated by silence, when I am no longer involved in the measurement of life, but in the living of…

— Thomas Merton

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

The technological age we're in now is the perfect forum for constant misdirection and constant distraction. I ultimately think it's a war…

— Mark McGwire

“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

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

The legacy of slavery comes from the sustained political, legal and economic effort to link permanently an entire group of people to…

— Sarah Churchwell

“Today, as we have seen, fascism and communism are discredited, but are replaced by a paraphilic consumer culture driven by fantasy, desperately…

— James Hollis

While accessory items and embedded features help minimize driver distraction, nothing replaces simple common-sense when using a cell phone in the car.…

— Gary Shapiro

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

After a time I found that I could almost listen to the silence, which had a dimension all of its own. I…

— Karen Armstrong

Working from home meant we could vary snack and coffee breaks, change our desks or view, goof off, drink on the job,…

— Diane Ackerman

When technology is used as a gimmick it can be a terrible distraction. The trick is to harness technology in a way…

— Andrew Morse

Distractions are everywhere. And with the always-on technologies of today, they take a heavy toll on productivity. One study found that office…

— David Rock

Busy is good, isn't it? Busy means we're hard at it, achieving our ends or "goals." Haven't had time to stop, or…

— Sebastian Faulks

“Sand was dribbling out of the bag of her attention, faster and faster.”

— Sarah Blake

“Fatigues and hardships serve to wean me more from the earth, and will make heaven sweeter.”

— David Brainard

Money cannot purchase joy. It buys temporary distractions.

— LeCrae

The most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions.

— Bill Keller

I want to focus on my training and leave no room for distraction. So, reality-tv shows are a no-no.

— Geeta Phogat

One arrives at a recognition that one needs to be distracted.

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

I can write all the way through the morning, when my mind is clear, and there are no distractions.

— Karen Thompson Walker

California has more distractions, more activities for the kids, more driving.

— Laird Hamilton