I grow very impatient with prose writers who don't pay attention to the cadence of the sentence. If you start as a… — Alison Hawthorne Deming Copy Share Image
A good player who loses at chess is genuinely convinced hat he has lost because of a mistake, and he looks for… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
I had 16 other prisons that I needed to pay attention to, and we did. And I had 3,400 soldiers who were… — Janis Karpinski Copy Share Image
It's important to be gentle about my routines. I've learned that the hard way. When I'm really stressed out, I can take… — Lisa Edelstein Copy Share Image
If there are dollars to be made, you destroy the environment. The reason is elementary. The people who are going to be… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
Most people out there are just trying to keep their job and provide for their family. If climate change is now a… — David Titley Copy Share Image
“We can learn to pay attention, concentrate, devote ourselves to authors. We can slow down so we can hear the voice of… — Thomas Newkirk Copy Share Image
Rather than going after our walls and barriers with a sledgehammer, we pay attention to them. With gentleness and honesty, we move… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“We're losing hope in the idea of trying to convince the American people to pay attention to something that matters. To some… — Barrett Brown Copy Share Image
Listening is terribly important if you want to understand anything about people. You listen to what they say and how they say… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
Pay attention to the intricate patterns of your existence that you take for granted. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you're a candidate and you say something that is inaccurate or controversial, it has less impact than it does when you're… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
But when we observe, we are forced to pay attention. We have to move from passive absorption to active awareness. We have… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
Old cars have things to say. With an old car, you have to be extra observant about everything. You have to listen… — Jabari Parker Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is paying attention to what is going on. Just look at beauty. Not just the beauty of things you see with… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Reflections of the sky nation. The Thunder-beings were busy giving birth to new clouds, sending them to dance in the blue playground… — Jamie Sams Copy Share Image
The quality of one's life depends on the quality of attention. Whatever you pay attention to will grow more important in your… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
What the left ends up missing is that politics have always been at the heart of American culture; it's been a white… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
The strength of my mother is something I didn't pay attention to for so long. Here she was, this single mom, who… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I look around and pay attention to what around me is not being talked about, and then I talk about it with… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
“Self-help courses will only help you if they teach you to pay attention to life itself.” — Richard rohr Copy Share Image
