Distraction Quotes

446 Distraction quotes by 390 unique authors

It is this nothingness (in solitude) that I have to face in my solitude, a nothingness so dreadful that everything in me wants to run… — Henri Nouwen
Anthony: Now lower your dress a little- Roslynn: Anthony! Anthony: This is no time for offended modesty... You're the distraction. Roslynn: Och, well, in that… — Johanna Lindsey
But no matter how much planning you do, one tiny miscalculation, one moment of distraction, can end it all in an instant. — Jeannette Walls
Distracted from distraction by distraction — Thomas Stearns Eliot
My only passions were books and music. As you might guess, I led a lonely life… Not that I knew what I wanted in life… — Haruki Murakami
The more you pursue distractions, the less effective any particular distraction is, and so I'd had to up various dosages, until, before I knew it,… — Jonathan Franzen
Not knowing how to feed the spirit, we try to muffle its demands in distraction...What matters is that one be for a time inwardly attentive. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
I know what the problem is, of course. The disorientation, the distraction, the difficulty focusing - all classic Phase One signs of deliria. But I… — Lauren Oliver
These distraction-oholics. These focus-ophobics. — Chuck Palahniuk
So I simply don't buy the concept of "Generation X" as the "lost generation." I see too many good kids out there, kids who are… — Johnny Cash
In a word, they failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions. — Aldous Huxley
Do me a favor?” he whispered. Beth's hold tightened on his hand. ”Anything, what do you need?” ”Hum the Jeopardy theme.” There was a pause.Then… — J R Ward
You're bored, aren't you.' 'I need constant distraction. Shall we go?' 'Uh, aren't you supposed to delegate responsibility or something? If you're not here, who's… — Derek Landy
And so, from the first, we separated our pleasure. She lay on the rug and I lay at right angles to her so that only… — Jeanette Winterson
The key element of social control is the strategy of distraction that is to divert public attention from important issues and changes decided by political… — Noam Chomsky
Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for miseries and yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries. — Blaise Pascal
Forever, reading has been central, the necessary fix, the support system. Her life has been informed by reading. She has read not just for distraction,… — Penelope Lively
But Hey, Guess What Crazy means I'm not liable for my actions. So screw it, I'll go home, propped up on Prozac against distractions — Ellen Hopkins
Mother of mercy,"said Tovar."And that caused the riot?" "It's the other way around,"said Kira sheepishly."We started the riot as a distraction for the jaibreak." Tovar… — Dan Wells
There came a time in everyone’s life when they realized that in spite of how hard they’d been running from themselves, everywhere they went, there… — J R Ward
I have zero interest in these Capitol people. They are only distractions from the food. — Suzanne Collins
Not surprisingly, because too much attention to one object leads to distraction, this one object conceals everything else, and when we focus on one point… — Witold Gombrowicz
The past is a distraction, a source of envy, enmity, bitterness. Only the present matters, for only in the present can we shape the future.… — Stephen Baxter
I needed something--the distraction of another life--to alleviate fear. — Bret Easton Ellis
Fine. Everybody wears seatbelts. No radio. No distractions.” Ben shot Hi a stern look. “No running commentary.” “Your loss,” Hi said. “To the pimp ride! — Kathy Reichs

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