Distraction Quotes

446 Distraction quotes by 390 unique authors

In our land of opportunities and distractions, it's hard to devote our attention to the quiet pleasures of reading. It's as if we live our… — Steve Leveen
Teenagers talk about the idea of having each other's 'full attention.' They grew up in a culture of distraction. They remember their parents were on… — Sherry Turkle
I suspect that money is a far greater distraction for the artist than hunger. — J D Salinger
I was struck by the fact that I hadn't been awed in a while. Did that mean awesome things had disappeared from my life? No.… — Sue Thoele
If you can become a mirror you have become a meditator. Meditation is nothing but skill in mirroring. And now, no word moves inside you… — Rajneesh
Under our present enormous accumulation of books, I do affirm that a most miserable distraction of choice must be very generally incident to the times;… — Thomas de Quincey
The art of meditation may be exercised at all hours, and in all places, and men of genius, in their walks, at table, and amidst… — Isaac D'Israeli
If you have a clear goal and a plan to achieve it, your focus is fixed on a set course of action. Instead of becoming… — Brian Tracy
I go to work as others rush to see their mistresses, and when I leave, I take back with me to my solitude, or in… — Eugene Delacroix
Wickedness is a kind of voluntary frenzy, and a chosen distraction. — John Tillotson
There are tons of things in your home and life that you don't use, need, or even particularly want. They just came into your life… — Tim Ferriss
It is the bareness of drawing that I like. The act of drawing is what locates, suggests, discovers. At times it seems enough to draw,… — Philip Guston
The moment of drifting into thought has been so clipped by modern technology. Our lives are filled with distraction with smartphones and all the rest.… — Glen Hansard
Art is not an amusement, nor a distraction, nor is it, as many men maintain, an escape from life. On the contrary, it is a… — Lawren Harris
I can write all the way through the morning, when my mind is clear, and there are no distractions. — Karen Thompson Walker
The amateur has a long list of fears. Near the top are two: Solitude and silence. The amateur fears solitude and silence because she needs… — Steven Pressfield
I'm a very focused person. If I'm focusing on something I don't like distractions and I like to just do that one thing. And Jiu-Jitsu… — Gunnar Nelson
I've been naked physically in movies - but it's a whole other thing to be naked emotionally in a way that's not just a distraction… — Viggo Mortensen
What is now happening to the people of the East as of the West is like what happens to every individual when he passes from… — Leo Tolstoy
Distractions are everywhere. And with the always-on technologies of today, they take a heavy toll on productivity. One study found that office distractions eat an… — David Rock
The relative ease of most driving lures us into thinking we can get away with doing other things. Indeed, those other things, like listening to… — Tom Vanderbilt
I think it was rather an advantage not having any living poets in England or America in whom one took any particular interest. I don't… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Oh, I just want what we all want: a comfortable couch, a nice beverage, a weekend of no distractions and a book that will stop… — Elizabeth Gilbert
I intentionally abandoned the hard stuff early on because not only do I think it's useless, I think it's a distraction. — Seth Godin
One way to boost our will power and focus is to manage our distractions instead of letting them manage us. — Daniel Goleman

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