#attention

Travellers, like poets, are mostly an angry race: by falling into a daily fit of passion, I proved to the governor and his son, who were profuse in their attentions, that I was in earnest. ↗

— Richard Francis Burton

#attentions #daily #earnest #falling #fit

People can become addicted to fame, money, and attention as deeply as they become addicted to drugs. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#attention-seekers #drugs #fame #money #money

I have the Pleasure to assure you Congress pay particular Attention to the Defence of New Jersey, and hitherto have denied us nothing which we have Asked for that Purpose. ↗

— Abraham Clark

#assure #attention #congress #defence #denied

If you don't pay attention and if your imagination isn't pretty much engaged, you're going to miss things and you're going to miss opportunities for it to be as compelling and as creepy as it can be. ↗

— Bruce Greenwood

#compelling #creepy #engaged #going #imagination

When I was in the country and I was trying to play, nobody seemed to pay too much attention to me. People used to say, 'That's just that ole blues singer.' ↗

— B. B. King

#blues #country #i #just #me

So far I haven't really been prominent enough to get critical attention focused on me. So, of course, I fully expect bad reviews, but I will be wracked with misery as a result. ↗

— Emily Mortimer

#bad #been #course #critical #enough

Both conservatives and liberals watch 'Parks and Recreation,' and they each think the show is for them, which is really cool. 'SNL' was totally different. It was exciting because everyone was paying attention. Political humor works when people know what you're talking about. ↗

— Amy Poehler

#attention #because #both #conservatives #cool

Terrorism is in good part an effective government propaganda; it serves to deflect attention from governmental abuse toward a mostly imagined, highly dangerous outside enemy. ↗

— Mark Poster

#attention #dangerous #deflect #effective #enemy

Conservatives were griping for decades about liberal media and nobody paid attention. Now, all of a sudden, one news channel has gotten a whole new community of people freaked out. ↗

— Michael K. Powell

#attention #channel #community #conservatives #decades

I cook to inspire my husband to pay attention to me. ↗

— Sonia Rumzi

#cooking #husband #inspirational