Attention Quote by Keith Henson

Attention isn't really earned. It's invoked; it's manipulated. It can be heady and make you feel powerful, but it isn't something you accomplish; you…

— Justine Musk

Attention is the ability we have to discriminate and to focus only on that which we want to perceive.

— Anonymous

There's a big difference between grabbing attention and rewarding attention.

— Walter Darby Bannard

Human attention, in the best of circumstances, is a fluid but fragile entity. Beyond a certain threshold, the more that is asked of it,…

— Tom Vanderbilt

When I speak about attention, I mean literally, "How much attention can we pay to ourselves?" As children, sometimes we cannot hold our attention…

— Brooke Medicine Eagle

Attention is like energy in that without it no work can be done, and in doing work is dissipated. We create ourselves by how…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Attention has its most powerful expression in purposeful action.

— Ilchi Lee

What holds attention determines action.

— William James

Attention is the most powerful tool of the human spirit. We can enhance or augment our attention with practices like meditation and exercise, diffuse…

— Linda Stone

Attention is the cardinal psychological virtue. On it depends perhaps the other cardinal virtues, for there can hardly be faith nor hope nor love…

— James Hillman

Paying attention to what we allow ourselves to pay attention to is a tricky thing. It's like being in two places at once but…

— Tara Stiles

“Some social phobics find even positive attention to be aversive. Think of the young child who bursts into tears when guests sing “Happy Birthday”…

— Scott Stossel