There is a purpose to our lives that each day tugs at our sleeve as an annoying distraction. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
White ball cricket can be taxing on bowlers and can be a distraction for a youngster, too. — Gautam Gambhir Copy Share Image
My family is not a distraction. They're the most important thing in my life. — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“What is it that is so interesting about what's happening everywhere else but where you are?” — Eric Overby Copy Share Image
“They’re distracting because they remind us of the world beyond the immediate conversation,” — Adam Alter Copy Share Image
But it is impossible to enjoy a tennis game, a book, or a conversation unless attention is fully concentrated on the activity. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is better to say one Our Father fervently and devoutly than a thousand with no devotion and full of distraction. — St Edmund Copy Share Image
I have found that lived out, the hardest place to be a Christian is to be in a nice prosperous country with… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“Those who are actively seeking enlightenment will not find it because the act of looking for it is the distraction from it.” — Enza Vita Copy Share Image
I've never done heroin, but I totally understood what would drive people to that distraction-to need that so much. — Sarah McLachlan Copy Share Image
“Any situation, circumstance or challenge is just a distraction and as you remain true to your goals and trust in God they… — Michele Woolley Copy Share Image
Only reform and opening up can develop China. We must not be afraid of any risks, and not be confused by any… — Hu Jintao Copy Share Image
In our age of increasing distractions it's more important than ever to find ways to maintain perspective and remember that life is… — Candy Chang Copy Share Image
I'll say this: I want to become a distraction! And what I mean is by making big plays and doing good stuff… — Michael Sam Copy Share Image
A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He is the… — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
Many things have been written, including by me, linking humor and pain. Mostly, in my case, the humor part keeps me sane.… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Discourtesy does not spring merely from one bad quality, but from several--from foolish vanity, from ignorance of what is due to others,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
For new media reactionaries...the problem is technology, the endless distractions of the Internet, the breakdown of authority in an age of blogs… — David L. Ulin Copy Share Image
You're competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome. You… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Deleting 200 spams a day is a drag. And I was checking my email constantly, rather than getting on with my real… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Production and consumption are the nipples of modern society. Thus suckled, humanity grows in strength and beauty; rising standard of living, all… — Raoul Vaneigem Copy Share Image
Are you okay?" she whispers, giggling. Me? Oh sure. You might have to carry me out of here, though." What happened?" I… — Lisa McMann Copy Share Image
“The pace of this modern age is not conducive to maintaining one’s consciousness. Glued to our electronics, we are blind and deaf… — L.M. Browning Copy Share Image
Men have always been a prey to distractions, which arethe original sins of the mind; but never before today has an attempt… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
After announcing that the 2000 season would be his last before retirement: Last winter I made the decision to coach for only… — LaVell Edwards Copy Share Image
“[T]he unsympathetic assessments we make of others are usually the result of nothing more sinister than our habit of looking at them… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
It's important, therefore, to know who the real enemy is, and to know the function, the very serious function of racism, which… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
If happiness is a state of the inward life, we have to look for its chief obstructions not in outward conditions but… — Hugh Black Copy Share Image
Even as we slog through the trials, persecutions, irritations, temptations, distractions, apathy, and just plain weariness of this world, the gospel points… — Greg Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Ignorance is one of the best defense available. Distraction is a remedy.” — Maulik Doshi Copy Share Image
Just like an idle software, your brain is less efficient after a long break. — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image
It's not easy to focus every point, you know. You lose some concentration. — Kei Nishikori Copy Share Image
Wickedness is a kind of voluntary frenzy, and a chosen distraction. — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
You just got to be #patient, be focused, you know there are lots of distractions out there. — Tiger Woods Copy Share Image
Choose a checked or striped wall paper. People will be halfway home before they are able to focus. — Phyllis Diller Copy Share Image
Words are a distraction to enlightenment. Getting rid of conceptual thinking means enlightenment. — Ramesh S Balsekar Copy Share Image
“Thinking is good for your mind, but too much thinking leads to distraction.” — Ehabib Copy Share Image