Distraction Quotes

446 quotes by 399 authors

Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at… — Bryan Adams
I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we… — Hilaire Belloc
We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. — Hilaire Belloc
Hapiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions. — Saul Bellow
At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen… — John Cage
I am suspending my presidential campaign, because of the continued distractions, the continued hurt caused on me and my family, not because we are not… — Herman Cain
The loneliest you will get is in the most public of arenas: You will go to a place and end up in the smallest compartment… — George Clooney
My house has too many distractions. There's the email. There's checking my Amazon ranking. I know I'm the only author who's ever done that, ever.… — Harlan Coben
Christ choosing solitude for private prayer, doth not only hint to us the danger of distraction and deviation of thoughts in prayer, but how necessary… — Thomas Brooks
You've got to block out all distractions when you train. Your focus has to be 100% into the rep. You've got to get into a… — Mike Matarazzo
Meditation is not passive sitting in silence. It is sitting in awareness, free from distraction, and realizing the clear understanding that arises from concentration. — Nhat Hanh
I always have on my headphones to block out all of the other distractions and I'm just focused on doing the best that I can....… — Michael Phelps
As we are concerned with what others think of us, so we are anxious to know all about them; and from this arise the crude… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Physical pleasure is a sensual experience no different from pure seeing or the pure sensation with which a fine fruit fills the tongue; it is… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Like all good things, prayer requires some discipline. Yet I believe that life with God should seem more like friendship than duty. Prayer includes moments… — Philip Yancey
As good luck would have it, comes in one Mistress Page, gives intelligence of Ford's approach, and in her invention, and Ford's wife's distraction, they… — William Shakespeare
A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He is the brewer's agent, the… — Thomas Adams
Studying creativity is not an elite distraction, but provides one of the most exciting models for living. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
There are so many distractions you can face as a woman, either with relationships or worrying about, Should I go to this party? or, Should… — Mindy Kaling

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