- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
Attention Quotes
On focus, distraction, and where our attention lands.
This set includes a scientist recalling an early assistantship in electron microscopy that shaped a career of close attention, alongside a broader point about attention flowing toward relationships in hope of satisfaction that doesn't always arrive. See Being quotes for related themes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Tired
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any actor who says that they don't want the attention, and that they're tired of all the interviews and photoshoots, are just pretending.
- Fiction
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've written fiction... but the nonfiction has always received the most attention.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think there was a sense that the impact was being lost because the audience was so familiar with the form. You combine that with people's attention spans, which are clearly conditioned to be shorter now, and there's a need to vary the paradigm.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're both accustomed to being the center of attention. We're both accustomed to being spoiled by the people around us. And we don't expect to have to compete with somebody for all of that.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Game management is accomplished by staying constantly alert and then reading and reacting to potential problem situations before they materialize. It all boils down to paying attention to details.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're talking about capital and financial things, which I certainly pay a lot of attention to, I base those decisions on one question that I typically ask myself, which is 'Does it help us to build a better company?'
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Paying attention to my breath makes me happy to be alive. And that really grounds me during a performance.
- Jealous
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women didn't want to watch other women on television because they were jealous of their husbands' diverted attention.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Newscasters cannot call attention to themselves by being too attractive or too unattractive.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
Focused attention necessarily has an edge, but as focus changes, the edge shifts.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I definitely love the smoky eye, and when I do that, I like to do a nude lip so it draws attention to your eyes.
- Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a member of the Nintendo generation, I've got a really short attention span.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020