#attention

It comes down to a question of attention: it's difficult to use the Net distractedly, unlike the television or the radio. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#comes #difficult #down #net #question

The dominant theory coming out of Hollywood is that peoples' attention spans are getting shorter and shorter and they need more stimulation. ↗

— Brian Eno

#attention spans #coming #dominant #getting #hollywood

I think it would have been a lot better for him to say, I did it and I'm sorry, McGwire was never one to show a lot of emotion on the field, not a player who sought attention and craved to be thought of as a nice guy. ↗

— Fay Vincent

#been #better #craved #did #emotion

Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#faith #family #hard #hard work #important

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention. ↗

— Simone Weil

#humility #intellectual #less #more #nor

They're protecting an archaic industry. They should turn their attention to new models. ↗

— Bob Weir

#attention #industry #models #new #protecting

Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory. ↗

— Richard Whately

#curiosity #memory #much #parent

My job is to pay attention to my children's genius and allow those leanings to lead them to their future. ↗

— Lisa Whelchel

#attention #children #future #genius #job

We've lost something that's been with us for so long, and something that drew a lot of us into mathematics. But perhaps that's always the way with math problems, and we just have to find new ones to capture our attention. ↗

— Andrew Wiles

#attention #been #capture #drew #find

It's wonderful that so many people want to contribute to fighting aids or malaria. But, if somebody isn't paying attention to the overall health system in the country, a whole lot of money can be wasted. ↗

— Paul Wolfowitz

#attention #contribute #country #fighting #health