Distract Quotes

217 Distract quotes by 200 unique authors

A mouse slid out from under his hat and scrambled down his sleeve, across his lap, and down to the floor. Nothing,' said Fenworth, 'should… — Donita K. Paul
Oh, they never lie. They dissemble, evade, prevaricate, confound, confuse, distract, obscure, subtly misrepresent and willfully misunderstand with what often appears to be a positively… — Iain Banks
No one ever tells us to stop running away from fear...the advice we usually get is to sweeten it up, smooth it over, take a… — Pema Chodron
So you know how things stand. Now forget what they think of you. Be satisfied if you can live the rest of your life, however… — Marcus Aurelius
And usually [the philosopher] philosophizes either in order to resign himself to life, or to seek some finality in it, or to distract himself and… — Miguel de Unamuno
I dont know what could possibly distract three pigs enough so that you can get away." Sabrina thought for a moment then grinned. "I know… — Michael Buckley
Fire, ice, asteroids and pole shifts are bogeymen with which we distract ourselves from the real threat of our time. In an age when everyone… — Dean Koontz
Chuck Parson did not participate in organized sports, because to do so would distract from his larger goal of his life: to one day be… — John Green
October— You were sleeping so peacefully that I was loath to wake you. Duke Torquill, after demanding to know what I was doing in your… — Mira Grant
Time heals. No, it doesn't. At best, time is the great leveler, sweeping us all into coffins. We find ways to distract ourselves from the… — Karen Marie Moning
When you're right there in the crisi, you'll do anything to make yourself feel better, distract yourself from the misery, deny reality, not matter how… — Anna Maxted
Only Thee That I want thee, only thee---let my heart repeat without end. All desires that distract me, day and night, are false and empty… — Rabindranath Tagore
I’ll distract them,” Carter said. “You search. The Trophy room is through there.” “Carter!” But the fool ran off to protect me. I hate when… — Rick Riordan
I swear you’re a woman. (Devyn) I would respond to that, but I don’t want to distract you while you’re attempting to drive and I’m… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
In fact, my mother always says that emotions are what the gods gave us to distract us from the pain of life. They are what… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
No matter how hard she tried to concentrate on something else, to pass the time and to distract her from the situation she was in,… — Steig Larsson
money does not guarantee happiness or peace of mind, it can take your mind off things, distract you, but it can't replace the generic stuff… — Terry McMillan
A speech is something you say so as to distract attention from what you do not say. — William Stafford
How do you bear it?” Finnick looks at me in disbelief. “I don’t, Katniss! Obviously, I don’t. I drag myself out of nightmares each morning… — Suzanne Collins
[Amy Carmichael's] great longing was to have a "single eye" for the glory of God. Whatever might blur the vision God had give her of… — Elisabeth Elliot
Gossip is just a tool to distract people who have nothing better to do from feeling jealous of those few of us still remaining with… — Anna Godbersen
Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners: so that if we… — William Shakespeare
But even this piece of flattery couldn't distract me from the fact that I was in the center of the Fae realm, blind, stark naked,… — Patrick Rothfuss
Yet if there's no reason to live without a child, how could there be with one? To answer one life with a successive life is… — Lionel Shriver
To summarize, using money to motivate people can be a double-edged sword. For tasks that require cognitive ability, low to moderate performance-based incentives can help.… — Dan Ariely

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