Oil Quote by Martin Cooper

Even before smart phones and the Internet, we had many ways to distract our selves. Now that's compounded by a factor of trillions.

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

This day and age we have it all. Texting, Calling, facebooking, talking, yahoo, gmail, driving, and tweeting and you can't give a few minutes…

— Kevin McCarty

“Once people get used to a certain luxury, they take it for granted. Then they begin to count on it. Finally they reach a…

— Yuval Noah Harari

Time is the scarcity, and it's the commodity we can't create any more of.

— Jim Mitchell

Modern life, especially with young children, so often seems like a mad rush... We so rarely take time to just do nothing - not…

— Michael Finkel

The simpler we make our lives, the more abundant they become. There is no scarcity except in our souls.

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

Nowadays we have so many things that take our attention - phones, Internet - and perhaps we need to disconnect from those and focus…

— Nicholas Hoult

“With text messaging and e-mails buzzing in our pockets, our constant availability for phone calls, and hot new apps and social media on our…

— Dean Graziosi

The moment of drifting into thought has been so clipped by modern technology. Our lives are filled with distraction with smartphones and all the…

— Glen Hansard

The biggest things humans waste is time. It is taken way too much for granted, and it seems we only appreciate it when we've…

— Anonymous

It's not always the things we do that make the biggest difference in our lives; it's often the things we avoid doing that have…

— Paul Hudson

We're losing touch with ourselves in the technological world, and it is increasingly important to take time out.

— Gemma Whelan