Diverted Quotes

68 Diverted quotes by 59 unique authors

When you are studying any matter or considering any philosophy, ask yourself only: what are the facts, and what is the truth that the facts… — Bertrand Russell
Unless we change our food choices, nothing else matters. Because it is meat that is destroying most of our forests. It is meat that pollutes… — Maneka Gandhi
When you decide to follow a certain path, you should follow it to the end and not be diverted from it for personal reasons. — Aung San Suu Kyi
Let us hold fast to the iron rod. The Savior urged us to put our hand to the plow without looking back. In that spirit… — Spencer W. Kimball
Pure love of God is our nature, but we are so much diverted, so much distracted by the externals that we've forgotten that it's our… — Radhanath Swami
Whatever capital you divert to the support of a shiftless and good-for-nothing person is so much diverted from some other employment, and that means from… — William Graham Sumner
Another activity that can detract us from the proper way is watching television excessively or viewing improper movies. While fine productions on these media are… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
Guy Ritchie is the worst screenwriter in the world, but, to be fair, he is not the worst director. He is only the worst director… — Mick LaSalle
The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes.... The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after… — Seneca the Younger
Men do not know the natural infirmity of their mind: it does nothing but ferret and quest, and keeps incessantly whirling around, building up and… — Michel de Montaigne
Time spent in a casino is time given to death, a foretaste of the hour when one's flesh will be diverted to the purposes of… — Rebecca West
The mind is refrigerated by interruption; the thoughts are diverted from the principle subject; the reader is weary, he suspects not why; and at last… — Samuel Johnson
The great attraction of fashion is that it diverted attention from the insoluble problems of beauty and provided an easy way -- which money could… — Theodore Zeldin
The delicate muses lose their head if their attention is once diverted. Perhaps if you were successful abroad in talking and dealing with men, you… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Everywhere you go on the continent of Europe at this hour you see the conflict between militarism and industrialism. You see the expansion of industrial… — William Graham Sumner
Personal matters have diverted attention away from the important work Sesame Street is doing, and I cannot allow it to go on any longer. I… — Kevin Clash
Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles. — Samuel Johnson
Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking. — Samuel Johnson
Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the Yellow River… — J. B. Priestley
Women didn't want to watch other women on television because they were jealous of their husbands' diverted attention. — Jessica Savitch
Any active sportsman has to be very focused; you've got to be in the right frame of mind. If your energy is diverted in various… — Sachin Tendulkar
As a digital technology writer, I have had more than one former student and colleague tell me about digital switchers they have serviced through which… — Douglas Rushkoff
I am excessively diverted. — Jane Austen
The refusal to feel takes a heavy toll. Not only is there an impoverishment of our emotional and sensory life, flowers are dimmer and less… — Joanna Macy
Thanks to their decreased brainpower, people aren't diverted from the main business of life by the hobgoblins of opinion anymore. — Kurt Vonnegut

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