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 Copy Share Image
At root, a pearl is a 'disturbance' a beauty caused by something that isn't supposed to be there, about which something needs… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
I admire the Shabbat tradition, and no matter which faith you are of, there is nothing more wonderful than dedicating a certain… — Joyce Giraud Copy Share Image
The major problem of life is learning how to handle the costly interruptions. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
For me the process works best with no interruptions, no breaks in the steady application, no letters to be answered, very little… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
We have a culture that is indirect in the extreme, where by the time you're five years old, you've watched tons of… — Michael Ventura Copy Share Image
Ramil met Tashi's eyes with a mischievous look. "Now Wife we have a long voyage ahead of us with no interruptions, no… — Julia Golding Copy Share Image
Coleridge received the Person from Porlock And ever after called him a curse, Then why did he hurry to let him in?… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
Consider what you have in the smallest well-chosen library-a company of the wisest and wittiest men which can be plucked out of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You'd better answer that. It could be someone important. — Queen Elizabeth II Copy Share Image
Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. — Mario Andretti Copy Share Image
It is distraction, not meditation, that becomes habitual; interruption, not continuity; spasmodic, not constant toil. — Tillie Olsen Copy Share Image
Recollect that to a woman who gets her living by her pen, 'time is money,' as it is to an artist. Therefore,… — Eliza Leslie Copy Share Image
Millions of people die every day. Everyone's got to go sometime. I've came by this particular tumor honestly. If you smoke, which… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
We must stop regarding unpleasant or unexpected things as interruptions of real life. The truth is that interruptions are real life. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Interrupted again! if it's not Jules it's the cat! that's the female speciality: interruptions!” — Louis-Ferdinand Céline Copy Share Image
Most people, I've noticed, are instinctively harsh to strangers. They expect every approach to be an attack, every question to be an… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
If someone wants to transmit a high-quality service with no interruptions and 'guaranteed this, guaranteed that,' they should be willing to pay… — Edward Whitacre, Jr Copy Share Image
Bringing my two children up while writing was just a part of life. I'd much rather have had their interruptions than been… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
I don't have much of a problem with interruptions. I keep a detailed record of paint and materials as a work on… — Mike Thompson Copy Share Image
Join The 5 am Club. Your most valuable hours are 5am-8am. They have the least interruptions. — Robin Sharma Copy Share Image
There was such a thing as women's work and it consisted chiefly, Hilary sometimes thought, in being able to stand constant interruption… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
Few people...have had much training in listening. The training of most oververbalized professional intellectuals is in the opposite direction. Living in a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If we were controlling the performance, we never would have had someone push a button to make the pellet stove come on… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
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