Attention Quotes

4929 Attention quotes by 3118 unique authors

The first [quality] to be named must always be the power of attention, of giving one's whole mind to the patient without the interposition of… — Wilfred Trotter
Pay attention to the hungry, both in this country and around the world. Pay attention to the poor. Pay attention to our responsibilities for world… — George McGovern
It is important to remember that the ocean's resources are finite. The commitment these kids are making here today is a clear and compelling call… — Ted Danson
One of the amusements of idleness is reading without fatigue of close attention; and the world, therefore, swarms with writers whose wish is not to… — Samuel Johnson
The first and almost the only Book deserving of universal attention is the Bible. — John Quincy Adams
Never listen to a phone call that isn't meant for you. Never read a letter that isn't meant for you. Never pay attention to a… — Edward Kennedy
A movement with some lasting organization is a lot less dramatic than a movement with a lot of demonstrations and a lot of marching and… — Cesar Chavez
You can't really appreciate anonymity until you've lost it. People say that's sour grapes, but it really isn't To be able to walk down the… — Paul Newman
We despise no source that can pay us a pleasing attention. — Mark Twain
He has the attention span of a lightning bolt. — Robert Redford
The true art of memory is the art of attention. — Samuel Johnson
The fascinating necessarily tends to call a certain attention to itself; the interesting need not. An evening spent with a fascinating person leaves vivid memories;… — Louis Kronenberger
In our culture we make heroes of the men who sit on top of a heap of money, and we pay attention not only to… — Max Lerner
The tongues of dying men enforce attention like deep harmony. — William Shakespeare
The efficiency of a truly national leader consists primarily in preventing the division of the attention of a people, and always in concentrating it on… — Adolf Hitler
Heaven: A place where the wicked cease from troubling you with talk of their personal affairs, and the good listen with attention while you expound… — Ambrose Bierce
Paradoxes are useful to attract attention to ideas. — Mandell Creighton
I know that unremitting attention to business is the price of success, but I don't know what success is. — Charles Dudley Warner
Why don't we pay more attention to who our farmers are? We would never be as careless choosing an auto mechanic or babysitter as we… — Michael Pollan
I think I'm even more open and more giving as a father now. I pay more attention now because I value it more and I'm… — Bruce Willis
Your kids need your love and attention, and being able to devote myself to them is very fulfilling. As I get older, spending time with… — Bruce Willis
When people bother you in any way, it is because their souls are trying to get your divine attention and your blessing. — Catherine Ponder
To listen is to continually give up all expectation and to give our attention, completely and freshly, to what is before us, not really knowing… — Mark Nepo
The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult thing; it is almost a miracle; it is a miracle.… — Simone Weil
We're going to miss Damon. He was a great shooter. . . . He got what he wanted, but he gave up a lot. No… — Shaquille O'Neal

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