Communication Quote by Mike May

When I shut off the verbal, I like to escape into the visual.

— Elaine Equi

I have a tendency to trail off in conversations. I don't look up at people sometimes when I talk or cook, and those are…

— Roy Choi

I don't find it distracting to be me.

— Adam Rippon

I never talk when I'm drawing a person, especially if I'm making line drawings. I prefer there to be no noise at all so…

— David Hockney

I'm not, like, always focused; I'm very unfocused. I'm reading, and then I'm looking at my phone, and then I'm on the Internet.

— Julia Holter

Eyes are distracting. You see too much. You don't see enough.

— Will Graham

The capacity to create [visual] effects in the computer has made the job easier, but it has also introduced the complexity that you can…

— Harrison Ford

Appearing to pay attention when someone is speaking is one of the cornerstones of real social interaction.

— Judith Martin

Why...do you find this...distracting?

— Suzanne Collins

If you're studying from a book and trying to listen in on a conversation at the same time, those are two separate projects, each…

— Daniel Levitin

When youre trying to pay attention to a conversation but you can barely register what theyre saying and thinking of a reply is impossible…

— Anonymous

I spend so much time on the screen when I am writing, the last thing you want to do is spend more time on…

— Irvine Welsh