Distractions Quotes

190 Distractions quotes by 170 unique authors

Creation is in part merely the business of forgoing the great and small distractions. — Elwyn Brooks White
What sets disciplined people apart? - The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand. — Bill Parcells
My husband and I try to spend some time every night that I'm home talking without distractions. — Lisa Ling
I love music and I love acting. I always keep that in the forefront, not all the other distractions around me. — Keke Palmer
It is with art as with love: How can a man of the world,with all his distractions, keep the inwardness which an artist must possess… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
After announcing that the 2000 season would be his last before retirement: Last winter I made the decision to coach for only one more season.… — LaVell Edwards
In this media-drenched, data-rich, channel-surfing, computer-gaming age, we have lost the art of doing nothing, of shutting out the background noise and distractions, of slowing… — Carl Honore
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
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
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
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
What we really have to do is take a day and sit down and think. The world is not going to end or fall apart.… — Maya Angelou
Writing is the process of finding something to distract you from writing, and of all the helpful distractions - adultery, alcohol and acedia, all of… — Adam Gopnik
Here in Seattle, I'm the most productive I've ever been. I don't allow myself personal distractions. I'm extremely disciplined here. — Donald Byrd
Not all spiritual paths lead to the harmonious Oneness. Indeed, most are detours and distractions, nothing more. — Laozi
Only reform and opening up can develop China. We must not be afraid of any risks, and not be confused by any distractions. — Hu Jintao
The most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions. — Bill Keller
I procrastinate in spades. In my defence, I also try to have all other distractions solved before I can concentrate on writing. My small theory… — Markus Zusak
When I have occasionally set myself to consider the different distractions of men, the pains and perils to which they expose themselves I have discovered… — Blaise Pascal

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