Attention Span Quotes - Page 4

• A friend gave me a drug for attention deficit disorder, because he's afflicted, but I'm not. So what happened to me is I suddenly had an extra-long attention span. People would tell me a story, and it would end, and I'd get all mad. "Come on, man, there has to be more to that story."

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Humor, Men

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• I only took about five guitar lessons in my life from an actual teacher. I learned fast that that wasn't for me. I didn't have the attention span to learn that way. So I learned the basics from my dad, then just from playing on stage, and watching other guitar players.

  Jason Aldean

  Teacher, Dad, Player

  "A-T web exclusive interview with Jason Aldean". A-T Interview, www.audio-technica.com.

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• Cats would rule the world if they had longer attention spans.

  Arthur D. Hlavaty

  Cat, Attention, World

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• It's a double-headed coin, because technology is a convenience but it's stifled our attention spans. At one time, albums had songs that were like ten minutes long, with different variations and chord progressions and changes.

  Cee Lo Green

  Song, Technology, Long

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• Imagine what our culture would be like if Americans sold ideas, words, and books with the same creativity we use to sell designer jeans, shampoo, and rock stars. Why, we might end up with people whos attention span for the printed word is longer than the time it takes to read a T-shirt.

  Jim Trelease

  Stars, Book, Creativity

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• I realize I am contradictory: I have an independent filmmaker's sensibility and a Hollywood director's short-attention span.

  Doug Liman

  Independent, Attention, Directors

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• As a reader, I have a very short attention span and a low tolerance for boredom, and I find that comes in handy with my writing. If I get bored writing something, I pity the people who will then try to read it.

  John Scalzi

  Writing, People, Boredom

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• Players' attention spans get less and less as they progress.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Player, Progress, Attention

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• I try to read, but my attention span is so bad, and ever since Netflix was invented, that's all I do in my spare time, which is really bad, but it's like a chore to read for me.

  Eliot Paulina Sumner

  Trying, Netflix, Attention

  "The Self-Aware Solo Artist". Interview with Emily McDermott, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 15, 2015.

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• I think kids who have music in their lives are more focused. They have better attention spans. They excel more in their studies. They have a better sense of self-esteem and self-worth.

  Ingrid Michaelson

  Self Esteem, Kids, Self Worth

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• This is the great luxury of not working: the moment you read a book that has nothing to do with work, you know you're really relaxed. And I have a sh*t attention span. I can't concentrate for more than five minutes.

  Eddie Redmayne

  Book, Luxury, Attention

  Interview with Jennifer Lawrence, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 12, 2015.

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• Attention spans are shrinking on a daily basis, and it's getting harder to make an impression that lasts. So the fact that we were able to make a mark in a way that led to the continued relevance of the record is kind of crazy. I'm in awe of that.

  Sam Fogarino

  Crazy, Shrinking, Attention

  "Cap the Old Times: The Story of Interpol's Turn on the Bright Lights". Interview with Ian Cohen, pitchfork.com. November 29, 2012.

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• Be more attentive to what successful people have to say about all the opportunity around you. Anything important - which takes only two minutes to point out - will exceed most people's attention span by at least a minute and a half. Learn to pay attention for two minutes at a time - and you will see more opportunity than you know what to do with.

  Ernie J Zelinski

  Successful, Opportunity, Two

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• The average attention span of the modern human being is about half as long as whatever youre trying to tell them.

  Meg Rosoff

  Average, Long, Trying

  "Selling yourself as a writer" by Meg Rosoff, www.theguardian.com. March 28, 2007.

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• I sometimes worry about my short attention span, but not for long.

  Herb Caen

  Long, Worry, Attention

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• I'm terrible at reading fiction. I don't have the attention span - it's awful.

  Charlie Brooker

  Reading, Attention, Fiction

  "The Man Behind Netflix’s “Black Mirror” Is Maybe a Little Too Good at Predicting the Future". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. October 14, 2016.

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• All I wanted to do while I was a teenager was go out and play most of the time and just enjoy life and have fun. I wasn't big into school, you know, I look back now and wish I would have spent more time studying and enjoyed it more. It's not for everyone and I didn't enjoy it that much like going to school and studying - some stuff I did but some of it I didn't. My attention span wasn't there.

  George Stults

  Fun, Teenager, School

  Source: www.thestarscoop.com

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• People have really long attention spans, and they love complicated plots. TV series are giving the audience what they want.

  Kevin Spacey

  Long, People, Giving

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• I know there is also the influence of television and being able to zap away so it is a weightier decision to go into the theater than it used to be. And probably attention spans are not as strong as they used to be, generally speaking.

  Michael Snow

  Strong, Decision, Attention

  Source: offscreen.com

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• I wrote the column. I - you know, - the column simply said that [Clay] Felker is destroying this paper. And I heard that he was about ready to fire me, but two other people on The Voice interceded and, fortunately, he had a very short attention span, so I wasn't fired.

  Nat Hentoff

  Fire, Two, Voice

  Source: thedailyhatch.org

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• For years, particularly with the advent of the Internet, people have been griping about lessening attention spans.

  Kevin Spacey

  Years, People, Attention

  "The MacTaggart Lecture: How Netflix killed the watercooler moment - and breathed new life into TV" by Kevin Spacey, www.theguardian.com. August 22, 2013.

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• I think Trump's attention span is super low. I don't think he has the expertise to actually run a foreign policy.

  David Brooks

  Running, Thinking, Attention

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I've always had a bad attention span.

  Charlie Brooker

  Attention

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Now in the States if you look at the TV, you see the advertisements, the TV programmes, the pop videos, and the movies, they're all the same style. I think it's very condescending to the audience to assume they only have a three second attention span and so they don't leave anything on the screen for any longer. I don't understand that.

  Jim Jarmusch

  Thinking, Style, Video

  Source: louderthanwar.com

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• Radio was, in a way, a very philosophical medium. You could make an argument on the radio, and people listened to it. Television is already harder because people's attention span becomes shorter with television. Cut to a commercial and all that.

  Martha C. Nussbaum

  Philosophical, Cutting, People

  Source: www.neh.gov

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