Preoccupied Quotes

114 quotes by 104 authors

So-called 'realist' photography does not capture the 'what is.' Instead, it is preoccupied with what should not be, like the reality of suffering for example. — Jean Baudrillard
I am constantly preoccupied with how to remove distance so that we can all come closer together, so that we can all begin to sense… — David Hockney
I actually think if you have a strong junior class, that's the best possible scenario. In their senior year, guys who are on the threshold… — Rick Pitino
In Globetrotter, David Albahari explores the consciousness of emigres from the former Yugoslavia, Croatia and Serbia, showing that while abroad, many of us are even… — Josip Novakovich
America breeds ambition and while that can be a good thing, sometimes it's not. Ambition also breeds competition and that can be a very bad… — Chaka Khan
Those powers that control the tent are not threatened at all by any activity that you engage in, in the shadows, that's not moving toward… — Jesse Jackson
We've been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private… — Jesse Jackson
Without deadlines and restrictions I just tend to become preoccupied with other things. — Val Kilmer
Discipline means to prevent everything in your life from being filled up. Discipline means that somewhere you're not occupied, and certainly not preoccupied. In the… — Henri Nouwen
Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort. — Alexis de Tocqueville
Fill you mind with the meaningless stimuli of a world preoccupied with meaningless things, and it will not be easy to feel peace in your… — Marianne Williamson
Disciples who are steadfast and immovable do not become fanatics or extremists, are not overzealous, and are not preoccupied with misguided gospel hobbies. — David A. Bednar
Having placed in my mouth sufficient bread for three minutes' chewing, I withdrew my powers of sensual perception and retired into the privacy of my… — Flann O'Brien
Every time the phone rang, my heart jumped. Was it Alexander? And when it wasn't him my heart would break into a million pieces. It… — Ellen Schreiber
And thus being totally preoccupied, he rode so slowly that the sun was soon glowing with such intense heat that it would have melted his… — Miguel de Cervantes
There have been men before â€¦ who got so interested in proving the existence of God that they came to care nothing for God himselfâ€¦… — C.S. Lewis
So much in writing depends on the superficiality of one's days. One may be preoccupied with shopping and income tax returns and chance conversations, but… — Graham Greene
Keep me preoccupied Keep me busy, busy, busy So I won't have to think I don't want to think Because it only brings me pain… — Henry Rollins
Olympia thinks often about desire - desire that stops the breath, that causes a preoccupied pause in the midst of uttering a sentence - and… — Anita Shreve
We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each… — John Ortberg

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