Distracting Quotes

96 Distracting quotes by 90 unique authors

But with my last film, Spider it was agony. The money was always disappearing, nobody got paid, it was very difficult - and it's very… — David Cronenberg
Tyrants preserve themselves by sowing fear and mistrust among the citizens by means of spies, by distracting them with foreign wars, by eliminating men of… — Aristotle
Don’t let any emotional thought concerning success or failure, fame or gain, overtake you, and don’t dwell upon them. Give up your personal shortcomings, such… — Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
It's too distracting to read about yourself. You want to be perfect and you want everyone to love you, and that's never going to happen. — Saoirse Ronan
Eyes are distracting. You see too much. You don't see enough. — Will Graham
If you watch Olivier's interviews, he has this reptilian tongue; it seems too big for his mouth. My pursuit of that became distracting, so I… — Julian Sands
I don't want this to be a distraction. This has been distracting enough. I'm not going to rehash this going forward. I'm sure other people… — Jayson Werth
Teacher cannot solve or heal all student stress. The teacher can be vigilant in trying to guide the child toward solutions;but the teacher's job in… — Michael Gurian
The distracting feeling of disbelief when you're finally doing something you've procrastinated on for notable amounts of time. — Tao Lin
The Internet contains everything in the whole wide world ever. I don’t know about you, but I find everything in the whole wide world ever… — Dave Gorman
I have a lot of good football talk with cabbies, but when you want to get somewhere in a hurry, it can be distracting. I… — Frank Lampard
I try to neutralize my figures; I want them to be mythic and timeless. I want them to exist beyond time. I've used the skull… — Joyce Tenneson
Really, I think of fame as distracting; it's something you have to get around. — Terry O'Quinn
I wish no teams had cheerleaders. I find it more distracting than anything else. — Kate Mara
Often a successful problem-solver is one who creates a new context in which to view the problem. This can often be done by directing one's… — John Templeton
To the distracting occupations belong especially my lecture courses which I am holding this winter for the first time, and which now cost much more… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
I find it personally distracting when kids are constantly texting, but they can be texting something that is just benign and just fine. — Mike DeWine
There's a powerful transformative effect when you surround yourself with like-minded people. Peer pressure is a great thing when it helps you accomplish your goals… — Po Bronson
We also need to be willing to make room in our lives for the impending birth of our dreams. This might mean emptying our life… — Christine Caine
The Talmud tells a story about a great Rabbi who is dying, he has become a goses, but he cannot die because outside all his… — Jonathan Rosen
Brain studies of mental workouts in which you sustain a single, chosen focus show that the more you detach from what's distracting you and refocus… — Daniel Goleman
Once you start saying, 'Let's talk political, my own politics, my own aspirations,' it can become not just distracting in that it takes time, but… — Andrew Cuomo
I don't listen to music when I write - I find it distracting. — Khaled Hosseini
Being such a big band is never a problem but it can be distracting. — Chris Martin
Distracting a politician from governing is like distracting a bear from eating your baby. — P.J. O'Rourke

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