Attention Quotes - Page 17

• Fear is a good thing. It mean you're paying attention.

  Tamora Pierce

  Fear, Mean, Good Things

  Tamora Pierce (2014). “Protector of the Small Quartet”, p.196, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• If I asked you to do something for me, I don't suppose you'd listen?" When he had my attention, he continued, "I'm going to take you home. Try to forget tonight happened. Try to act normal, especially around Hank. Don't mention my name." By way of an answer, I shot him a black look and swung out of the Tahoe. He followed suit, coming around to my side. "What kind of answer is that?" He asked, but his voice wasn't nearly so gruff.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Home, Names, Voice

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2012). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence; Finale”, p.908, Simon and Schuster

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• What is needed, however, isn't just that people working together be nice to each other. It is discipline. Discipline is hard--harder than trustworthiness and skill and perhaps even than selflessness. We are by nature flawed and inconstant creatures. We can't even keep from snacking between meals. We are not built for discipline. We are built for novelty and excitement, not for careful attention to detail. Discipline is something we have to work at.

  Atul Gawande

  Nice, Skills, Discipline

  Atul Gawande (2010). “The Checklist Manifesto: How To Get Things Right”, p.183, Profile Books

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• It has to be admitted that, in a sneaking way, although he hated the discomfort of seasickness, once he was over it, he enjoyed the attention and sympathy that it created among attractive young women like Evanlyn and Alyss. And he liked the fact that Will tended to walk on eggshells around him when the problem was mentioned. Keeping Will off balance was always desirable. ~Halt

  John Flanagan

  Balance, Way, Eggshells

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• There wasn't a woman alive who could resist a man who paid attention to her, who made her feel like she was the only other person in his world.

  Sylvia Day

  Men, Alive, World

  Sylvia Day (2011). “A Dark Kiss of Rapture: A Renegade Angels Novella”, p.23, Sylvia Day, LLC

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• Rarely do we realize that we are in the midst of the extraordinary. Miracles occur all around us, signs from God show us the way, angels plead to be heard, but we pay little attention to them because we have been taught that we must follow certain formulas and rules if we want to find God. We do not realize that God is wherever we allow Him/Her to enter.

  Paulo Coelho

  Angel, Miracle, Pay

  Paulo Coelho (2009). “By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept: A Novel of Forgiveness”, p.6, Harper Collins

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• Intelligence is not only the ability to reason; it is also the ability to find relevant material in memory and to deploy attention when needed.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Memories, Reason, Ability

  Daniel Kahneman (2011). “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, p.51, Macmillan

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• As long as you're around, your life is too. So just as you shower love and affection and attention on the husbands, wives, parents, children and forever friends who sorround you, you have to do so equally with your life, because it's yours, it's you, and it's always there rooting for you, cheering you on, even when you feel like you can't do it. I gave up on my life for a while, but what I've learned is that even when that happens and especially when that happens, life never gives up on you.

  Cecelia Ahern

  Cheer, Children, Giving Up

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• Bes had indeed put on his ugly outfit. He climbed onto the roof of the limbo and stood there, legs planted, arms akimbo, like superman-exept with only the underwear. I wasn't sure what to say except: "Put some clothes on!" "These children are under my protection," Bes insisted. "I don't know you," I said, "I never met you before today." "Nonsense. You expressly asked for my attention." "I didn't ask for the Speedo Patrol!

  Rick Riordan

  Children, Clothes, Underwear

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• Holly walked rapidly into the cockpit, strapping herself into the pilot's chair. "Seven and a half hours to save the world. Isn’t there some law that says we get at least twenty-four?" Artemis strapped himself into the co-pilot's chair. "I don't think Opal bothers with laws.

  Eoin Colfer

  Thinking, Law, Hollies

  "Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception (Book 4)". Book by Eoin Colfer, April 30, 2005.

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• The only trap I must beware not to fall into, is to think that each day is the same as the next. In fact, each morning brings with it a hidden miracle, and we must pay attention to this miracle.

  Paulo Coelho

  Morning, Fall, Thinking

  Paulo Coelho (2015). “Warrior of the Light -”, p.18, Booklassic

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• We believe we're seeing the world just fine until it's called to our attention that we're not.

  David Eagleman

  Believe, World, Fine

  David Eagleman (2011). “Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain”, p.22, Canongate Books

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• Art is born in attention.

  Julia Cameron

  Art, Born, Art Is

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.40, Souvenir Press

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• Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying any attention to you. It's your attention to yourself that is so stultifying. But you have to disregard yourself as completely as possible. If you fail the first time then you'll just have to try harder the second time. After all, there's no real reason why you should fail. Just stop thinking about yourself.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Real, Heart, Thinking

  Eleanor Roosevelt (1960). “You Learn by Living”, p.32, Westminster John Knox Press

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• We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world. To make injustice the only measure of our attention is to praise the Devil.

  Jack Gilbert

  Risk, Devil, Delight

  Jack Gilbert, “A Brief For The Defense”

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• The burden God places on each of us is to become who we are meant to be. We are most fully ourselves when Christ most fully lives in us and through us. The mother shines brightest with her child in her arms, the father when he forgives his wandering son, and the artist when he or she is drawing attention to grace, by showing the pinprick of light overcoming the darkness in the painting, or the story, or the song. The world knows darkness. Christ came into the world to show us light. I have seen it, have been blinded by it, invaded by it. I will tell its story.

  Andrew Peterson

  Mother, Song, Children

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• His attention caught, her companion raised his eyes from the book which lay open beside him on the table and directed them upon her in a look of aloof enquiry. 'What's that? Did you say something to me, Venetia?' 'Yes, love,' responded his sister cheerfully, 'but it wasn't of the least consequence, and in any event I answered for you. You would be astonished, I daresay, if you knew what interesting conversations I enjoy with myself.

  Georgette Heyer

  Book, Eye, Interesting Conversation

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• One of the first things we teach medical students is to listen to the patient by taking a careful medical history. Ninety percent of the time, you can arrive at an uncannily accurate diagnosis by paying close attention, using physical examination and sophisticated lab test to confirm your hunch (and to increase the bill to the insurance company).

  Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

  Examination, Labs, Bills

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• And don't pay attention to Christina. Your face doesn't look that bad." He smiles a little. "I mean, it looks good. It always looks good. i mean--you look brave. Dauntless." His eyes skirt mine, and he scratches the back of his head. The silence grows between us. It was a nice thing to say, but he acts like it means more than just words. I hope I am wrong. I could not be attracted to Al-- I could not be attracted to anyone that fragile. I smile as much as my bruised cheek will allow, hoping that will diffuse the tension.

  Veronica Roth

  Nice, Mean, Eye

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• And then you'd turn to me and smile that funny smile, and I know you'd forgotten all about me and just remembered -- but I was never mad at you. Half of your attention is better than all of anyone else's.

  Cassandra Clare

  Mad, Half, Forgotten

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.270, Simon and Schuster

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• It was ironic how love could awaken them to the wonders of the universe, while at the same time confine their attention to one another.

  Alexandra Adornetto

  Ironic, Wonder, Universe

  Alexandra Adornetto (2010). “Halo”, p.13, Macmillan

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• Gorgeous, amazing things come into our lives when we are paying attention: mangoes, grandnieces, Bach, ponds. This happens more often when we have as little expectation as possible. If you say, "Well, that's pretty much what I thought I'd see," you are in trouble. At that point you have to ask yourself why you are even here. [...] Astonishing material and revelation appear in our lives all the time. Let it be. Unto us, so much is given. We just have to be open for business.

  Anne Lamott

  Expectations, Ponds, Littles

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• Let me tell ya. You gotta pay attention to signs. When life reaches out with a moment like this it's a sin if you don't reach back... I'm telling you.

  Matthew Quick

  Life, Pay, Sin

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• A little love and attention can go a long way...too bad more people don't realize that.

  Frank Peretti

  Long, People, Littles

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• Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.

  Susan Sontag

  Vitality, Eagerness

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