#attention

Intermittently she caught the gist of his sentences and supplied the rest from her subconscious, as one picks up the striking of a clock in the middle with only the rhythm of the first uncounted strokes lingering in the mind. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#hearing #inattention #listening #senses #first-sentence

It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers. ↗

— Lascelles Abercrombie

#difficult #hearers #keep #more #readers

Sometimes we pay too much attention in Washington to public relations, as opposed to the substance. ↗

— Spencer Abraham

#much #opposed #pay #public #public relations

Science was something that really caught my attention. It was something I really could sink my teeth into. ↗

— Michael P. Anderson

#caught #could #i #into #really

The best way to forget ones self is to look at the world with attention and love. ↗

— Red Auerbach

#best #best way #forget #look #love

I put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I don't regret it. You make choices. If you want a good marriage, you must pay attention to that. If you want to be independent, go ahead. You can't have it all. ↗

— Lauren Bacall

#attention #both #career #choices #go

The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem. ↗

— Dean Acheson

#distracts #ego #great #looking #man

If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation. ↗

— Abigail Adams

#attention #bound #care #determined #hold

I honestly didn't expect this much attention, but it just keeps happening so I must be doing something right. ↗

— Freddy Adu

#doing #expect #happening #honestly #i

I don't like being the center of attention. ↗

— Jessica Alba

#being #center #i #like