Distraction Quotes

446 Distraction quotes by 390 unique authors

By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination. — Christopher Columbus
I hate belongings. I hate clutter. It really bothers me because I can't think properly. If you've got distractions in front of you, your mind… — Simon Cowell
Winning teams have the least amount of distractions. They have a really tight group of people working towards the same common goal. — Larry Dixon
It's hard to stay true to yourself and what you want in life when there are so many distractions and so much craziness going on… — Hilary Duff
America is addicted to wars of distraction. — Barbara Ehrenreich
Sometimes I wish I never found the Internet. Sometimes I regret getting a laptop and Wi-Fi for logging into the Internet because it is such… — Lupe Fiasco
The bosses of our mass media, press, radio, film and television, succeed in their aim of taking our minds off disaster. Thus, the distraction they… — Ernst Fischer
You will encounter many distractions and many temptations to put your goal aside: The security of a job, a wife who wants kids, whatever. But… — Larry Flynt
Work is hard. Distractions are plentiful. And time is short. — Adam Hochschild
Deleting 200 spams a day is a drag. And I was checking my email constantly, rather than getting on with my real work, which is… — Tom Hodgkinson
Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss. — Douglas Horton
Great entrepreneurs focus intensely on an opportunity where others see nothing. This focus and intensity helps to eliminate wasted effort and distractions. Most companies die… — Naveen Jain
I think when things linger, that's when they become a distraction. I don't want any distractions. — Derek Jeter
I think the best thing I can do is to be a distraction. A husband lives and breathes his work all day long. If he… — Jackie Kennedy
Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction. — Talib Kweli
Anyone who has tried to build something that changes people's lives sometimes finds life to be a distraction, and finds people who don't care as… — Ashton Kutcher
If you dream of something worth doing and then simply go to work on it and don't think anything of personalities, or emotional conflicts, or… — Edwin Land
I have a lot of great distractions outside of acting. — Heath Ledger
The evolution of social media into a robust mechanism for social transformation is already visible. Despite many adamant critics who insist that tools like Facebook,… — Simon Mainwaring
The Internet is just bringing all kinds of information into the home. There's just a lot of distraction, a lot of competition for the parent's… — Phil McGraw
Nothing is quite so emotional and passionate as what goes on inside of a family. People are driven to distraction by a father or a… — Helen Mirren
The majority of Americans, the ones who never elected George W. Bush, are not fooled by his weapons of mass distraction. — Michael Moore
Music was always the distraction, so it was the obvious choice to pursue. My dad always said to find a job I love to do,… — Jason Mraz
I know that campaigns can seem small, and even silly. Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. And the truth gets buried… — Barack Obama
Sometimes, I think if you get away from what you're called to do, it's more of a distraction. — Joel Osteen

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