Distraction Quotes

446 Distraction quotes by 390 unique authors

We knew before we came (to earth) that there would be many adverse circumstances to test us: accidents, sickness, and disease to prove us; temptations… — Robert E. Wells
I always hear people say I give the same answers or I don’t give you much. No, I just don’t give you much negativity. When… — Derek Jeter
Even as we slog through the trials, persecutions, irritations, temptations, distractions, apathy, and just plain weariness of this world, the gospel points us to heaven… — Greg Gilbert
Your life is too important to give it to distractions. — Robin Sharma
It’s easy to forgo distractions and to not accumulate things when you have a larger goal on the horizon. — Hugh Howey
There is a purpose to our lives that each day tugs at our sleeve as an annoying distraction. — Robert Breault
A superficial freedom to wander aimlessly here or there, to taste this or that, to make a choice of distractions, is simply a sham. It… — Thomas Merton
The only care That I shall share Shall be the care of others, And on the road I'll halve the load Of overburdened brothers. I… — John Kendrick Bangs
A person who is trained to consider his actions, to undertake them deliberately, is in so far forth disciplined. Add to this ability a power… — John Dewey
The charm of television entertainment is its ability to bridge the chasm between dinner and bedtime without mental distraction. — Russell Baker
After a lifetime of deep thought, I've decided that life is a distraction, but probably not from anything important. — Robert Breault
A kind soul knows impoliteness is just preoccupied with distraction. — Michael Dolan
I have no statistics to prove it, but I'm sure the American workplace will be adversely affected on Monday, the day after XXIV. The game… — Robert Klein
But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved with distractions. — Roald Dahl
All my life I had feared imprisonment, the nun's cell, the hospital bed, the places where one faced the self without distraction, without the crutches… — Edna O'Brien
Woman [in the 14th century] was the Church's rival, the temptress, the distraction, the obstacle to holiness, the Devil's decoy. — Barbara Tuchman
My job is my sport so I have to make sure that I stay focussed on it. I train almost every day so it takes… — Sally Pearson
As an artist, you have to maintain focus and eliminate the distraction of second-guessing yourself based on the opinions of others. — Dwight Yoakam
I want to make a positive point of Ikea. It makes income inequality a minor distraction. — Greg Gutfeld
Even the rich aren't often happy. Their wealth is at best only a temporary distraction. It doesn't make them immune to emotional and mental suffering,… — Frederick Lenz
We go to the movies to forget about time, to be in a dream state. And it's entertainment, distraction, from the fact that everything is… — Christian Marclay
Are you trivialising the sisterhood if you dye your hair or have your eyebrows threaded? I'd say the answer to that is no. But equally,… — Louise Mensch
Far too many people, especially within evangelicalism, think that the individual is all that matters, and that the corporate dimension is a distraction or diversion.… — N. T. Wright
The mass production of distraction is now as much a part of the American way of life as the mass production of automobiles. — C. Wright Mills
You get a sense of reference there. You feel part of something that's got order and balance and harmony to it. All the distraction and… — Harrison Ford

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