Diverted Quotes

68 Diverted quotes by 59 unique authors

Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise diverted. — Anita Brookner
The pretty fellows you speak of, I own entertain me sometimes, but is it impossible to be diverted with what one despises? I can laugh… — Mary Wortley Montagu
The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings. — Emile Durkheim
Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one passed on others. — Samuel Richardson
...learning chiefly in mathematical sciences can so swallow up and fix one's thought, as to possess it entirely for some time; but when that amusement… — Gilbert Burnet
Be careful to not haul around in our lives so many nice but unnecessary things that we are distracted and diverted from the things that… — David A. Bednar
One of the most serious human defects in all ages is procrastination, an unwillingness to accept personal responsibilities now. Men came to earth consciously to… — Spencer W. Kimball
We are paying for and even submitting to the dictates of an ever increasing, unceasingly spawning class of human beings who never should have been… — Margaret Sanger
Do not fear the challenges of life, but approach them patiently, with faith in God. He will reward your faith with power not only to… — Rex D. Pinegar
Reason, on the contrary, assures us, that as in so great a number, a fit representative would be most likely to be found, so the… — James Madison
For some time I have been disturbed by the way the CIA has been diverted from its original assignment. It has become an operational and… — Harry S. Truman
The result of observing only the universe is anxiety. Only observing the Observer of the universe will put a stop to a man's worrying and… — Douglas Harding
It is impossible to read the daily press without being diverted from reality. You are full of enthusiasm for the eternal verities - life is… — Patrick Kavanagh
Too often, attention is diverted from the needs of populations, insufficient emphasis is placed on work in the fields, and the goods of the earth… — Pope Benedict XVI
It is significant that whenever the public mind is to be diverted from great social wrong, a crusade is inaugurated against indecency. — Emma Goldman
The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings. His passions are mere appearances, being sterile. They are… — Emile Durkheim
There is another side [to ego] that can wreck a team or an organization. That is being distracted by your own importance. It can come… — Bill Walsh
He who has learned to look to God in everything he does is at the same time diverted from all vain thoughts. — John Calvin
Asceticism in most cases is either the result of a sordid imagination or of passion diverted from its natural course, and experience has shown that… — Rudolf Rocker
If the psychic energies of the average mass of people watching a football game or a musical comedy could be diverted into the rational channels… — Wilhelm Reich
The history of taxation shows that taxes which are inherently excessive are not paid. The high rates inevitably put pressure upon the taxpayer to withdraw… — Andrew Mellon
Wherever you are or whatever your job, don't be confused or diverted by false priorities. We have only one mission to perform-that is to fight… — Unknown Author
No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes. — Kathe Kollwitz
One day you and I will have to have a little talk about this business called love. I still don't understand what it's all about.… — Oriana Fallaci
Be not diverted from your duty by any idle reflections the silly world may make upon you, for their censures are not in your power… — Epictetus

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