80s Quote by Douglas Rushkoff

Interruptions are the spice of life.

— Don Herold

Being constantly the hub of a network of potential interruptions provides the excitement and importance of crisis management. As well as the false sense…

— Michael Foley

What appears to be an interruption is often an intervention.

— Rich Wilkerson Jr

“Many people forget that their smartphone, computer, and other devices exist for their convenience—not the convenience of everyone who wants to interrupt them throughout…

— Chris Bailey

When mobile phones came out, they were a status symbol. Now the status symbol is having someone to manage your mobile phone for you.

— Grayson Perry

“Over-alerting causes Operations engineers to be woken up in the middle of the night for protracted periods of time, even when there are few…

— Gene Kim

When the signal is weak, the phone is working more, you drain the battery faster, so only use a phone when the signal is…

— Devra Davis

“We “activate a physiological system that has evolved for responding to acute physical emergencies,” Sapolsky writes, “but we turn it on for months on…

— Paul Tough

“Try creating an interruption-free zone during the day—turn off your e-mail, phone, IM program, or BlackBerry—and see whether you get more done.”

— John Medina

Open office plans, cell phones, constant notifications: these are all things that fight against sustained attention on a task. For some people and some…

— Kevin Drum

We must stop regarding unpleasant or unexpected things as interruptions of real life. The truth is that interruptions are real life.

— C. S. Lewis

The great thing is, if one can, to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions in one's own or real life. The truth…

— CS Lewis