--- title: "8 Public Attention Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Public Attention quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Public Attention sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08d/nithya-menen-8653_attention_i-don-t-enjoy-public-attention-i-don-t-l_1016689.jpg" --- > [I don't enjoy public attention. I don't like being recognised, being clicked, or being written about. But then it is destiny. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nithya-menen/i-don-t-enjoy-public-attention-i-don-t-like-being-recognised-being/) [Nithya Menen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nithya-menen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08d/nithya-menen-8653_attention_i-don-t-enjoy-public-attention-i-don-t-l_1016689.jpg) > [To have the recognition of your colleagues is great. The public attention is a mixed blessing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-lederberg/to-have-the-recognition-of-your-colleagues-is-great-the-public/) [Joshua Lederberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-lederberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/696/joshua-lederberg-17119_attention_to-have-the-recognition-of-your-colleagu_1141187.png) > [The key element of social control is the strategy of distraction that is to divert public attention from important issues and changes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-key-element-of-social-control-is-the-strategy-of-distraction-that/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3d/noam-chomsky-42_attention_the-key-element-of-social-control-is-the_1182922.jpg) > [The desire to be the object of public attention is weak, but the excessive dread of it is but a form of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-coleridge/the-desire-to-be-the-object-of-public-attention-is-weak-but-the/) [Sara Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-coleridge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35a/sara-coleridge-23552_attention_the-desire-to-be-the-object-of-public-at_1349414.jpg) > [Plus the public's attention span is so short right now, if a skater doesn't strike while the iron is hot... well it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-boitano/plus-the-public-s-attention-span-is-so-short-right-now-if-a-skater/) [Brian Boitano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-boitano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb8/brian-boitano-27418_attention_plus-the-public-s-attention-span-is-so-s_1362965.png) > [The reason we are so pleased to find other people's secrets is that it distracts public attention from our own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-reason-we-are-so-pleased-to-find-other-people-s-secrets-is-that/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/252/oscar-wilde-16_attention_the-reason-we-are-so-pleased-to-find-oth_2228813.jpg) > [You see people on TV flying in to places just to pick up a baby, or brush some flies away. That's great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debra-winger/you-see-people-on-tv-flying-in-to-places-just-to-pick-up-a-baby-or/) [Debra Winger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debra-winger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03d/debra-winger-8813_about_you-see-people-on-tv-flying-in-to-places_2396221.png) > [I cannot stand public attention, I just can't. Of course, if I may I might write something instead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elfriede-jelinek/i-cannot-stand-public-attention-i-just-can-t-of-course-if-i-may-i/) [Elfriede Jelinek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elfriede-jelinek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f9/elfriede-jelinek-4485_attention_i-cannot-stand-public-attention-i-just-c_3036405.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/public-attention/#itemlist", "name": "Public Attention Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't enjoy public attention. I don't like being recognised, being clicked, or being written about. But then it is destiny. 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