#attention

Happiness is like a cat, If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you; it will never come. But if you pay not attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing against your legs and jumping into your lap. ↗

— William Bennett

#against #attention #avoid #business #call

The individual couldn't find any attention in Italy. ↗

— Emma Bonino

#attention #find #individual #italy

An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#decisions #expert #ignore #judgements #knowing

It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#attention #changing #how #humor #involved

I am conscious of trying to stretch the boundaries of non-fiction writing. It's always surprised me how little attention many non-fiction writers pay to the formal aspects of their work. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#am #aspects #attention #boundaries #conscious

Nearly every coach I've talked with tells me that the attention you get from media and other people is the thing you miss most. I don't know if that's right. ↗

— Bear Bryant

#coach #every #get #i #know

I've always believed human blood is red because it really needs to draw attention to itself. ↗

— Patricia Cornwell

#attention #because #believed #blood #draw

If you've got a big mouth and you're controversial, you're going to get attention. ↗

— Simon Cowell

#big #big mouth #controversial #get #going

Living inside the shuttle was a little like camping out. We ended up sleeping in our seats. You had to pay attention to housekeeping, not get things too dirty. ↗

— Robert Crippen

#camping #dirty #ended #get #had

Oftentimes, in fact I think this is to my fault, I look at usually scripts as a whole. I should probably pay more attention to the character that I'm going to play and what they do. ↗

— Cameron Diaz

#character #fact #fault #going #i