#attention

...a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention... ↗

— Herbert A. Simon

#information-overload #inspirational #science #inspirational

Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false. ↗

— Richard Cecil

#attention #beautiful #best #convinced #dwell

A love of classical music is only partially a natural response to hearing the works performed, it also must come about by a decision to listen carefully, to pay close attention, a decision inevitably motivated by the cultural and social prestige of the art. ↗

— Charles Rosen

#also #art #attention #carefully #classical

Jim and I are still receiving surgical attention, and will be the remainder of our lives. ↗

— Cole Younger

#i #jim #lives #our #our lives

If we bestow but a very little attention to the economy of the animal creation, we shall find manifest examples of premeditation, perseverance, resolution, and consumate artifice, in order to effect their purpose. ↗

— William Bartram

#animal #artifice #attention #bestow #creation

Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again. ↗

— James Cook

#attention #just #limitations #never #once

I am involved in minor league baseball. I go around the country speaking to troubled youths, trying to help them understand that whatever path they choose, they'll need to really pay attention to it. ↗

— Gerry Cooney

#around #attention #baseball #choose #country

I'm not bothered by the paparazzi and I don't feel hemmed in, I've never felt that. My youth, mind you, there wasn't quite the same attention to celebrities as there is now, but I've never felt that. ↗

— Albert Finney

#bothered #celebrities #feel #felt #i

Polling is merely an instrument for gauging public opinion. When a president or any other leader pays attention to poll results, he is, in effect, paying attention to the views of the people. Any other interpretation is nonsense. ↗

— George Gallup

#attention #effect #instrument #interpretation #leader

That's very nice if they want to publish you, but don't pay too much attention to it. It will toss you away. Just continue to write. ↗

— Natalie Goldberg

#away #continue #just #much #nice