Quotes about Attention

When will the world learn that a million men are of no importance compared with one man?

you can change your desires by changing what you give attention to.

And when he is out of sight, quickly also is he out of mind.

Seek not to know who said this or that, but take note of what has been said.

Do not let the writer's authority or learning influence you, be it little or great, but let the love of pure truth attract you to read. Do not ask, 'Who said this?' but pay attention to what is said.

Ask not, who hath said this or that, but look to what he says.

Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.

VISIBILITY - You've got to find a way to make people know you're there

I like observing people. I like looking at things.

How was one to lasso her mind, and tether it to this minute, unimportant spot?

There was a spectator in me who, even while I squirmed and obeyed, remained observant, note taking for some future revision.

To begin with, I ran my eye up and down the page. I am going to get the hang of her sentences first, I said, before I load my memory with blue eyes and brown and the relationship that there may be between Chloe and Roger. There will be time for that when I have decided whether she has a pen in her hand or a pickaxe.