Quotes about Attention
Since crime often grows out of a sense of futility and despair, Negro parents must be urged to give their children the love, attention, and sense of belonging that a segregated society deprives them of.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
My friend, who loved above all things precision and concentration of thought, resented anything which distracted his attention from the matter in hand. And yet, without a harshness which was foreign to his nature, it was impossible to refuse to listen to the story of the young and beautiful woman
- Arthur Conan Doyle
The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes. Where do you think that I have been?" "A fixture also." "On the contrary, I have been to Devonshire." "In spirit?" "Exactly. My body has remained in this arm-chair and has, I regret to observe, consumed in my absence two large pots of coffee and an incredible amount of tobacco.
- Arthur Conan Doyle
No invisibles, sino inadvertidas, Watson. No sabĂ
- Arthur Conan Doyle
Desultory readers are seldom remarkable for the exactness of their learning. No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good reason for doing
- Arthur Conan Doyle
The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small ones interesting.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
When some political or ecclesiastical pamphlet, or novel, or poem is making a great commotion, you should remember that he who writes for fools always finds a large public.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
Journalists are like dogs?when ever anything moves they begin to bark.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
Watson,' said he, 'if it should ever strike you that I am getting a little over-confident in my powers, or giving less pains to a case than it deserves, kindly whisper 'Norbury' in my ear, and I shall be infinitely obliged to you.
- Arthur Conan Doyle
Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don't have.
- John Ortberg
The gifts of caring, attention, affection, appreciation, and love are some of the most precious gifts you can give, and they don't cost you anything.
- Deepak Chopra
The crafts-person is only thinking about building his work with love... when you care about your work you stand out in a world where most don't care. Caring leads to success.
- Jon Gordon