#distract

At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction. ↗

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

#dictionaries #distraction #enough #excellent #impossible

By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination. ↗

— Christopher Columbus

#chosen #destination #distractions #goal #his

Whenever Percy stopped by to see [Annabeth], she was so lost in thought that the conversation went something like this: Percy: 'Hey, how's it going?' Annabeth: 'Uh, no thanks.' Percy: 'Okay...have you eaten anything today?' Annabeth: 'I think Leo is on duty. Ask him.' Percy: 'So, my hair is on fire.' Annabeth: 'Okay, in a while. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#cute #distracted #hair-on-fire #mark-of-athena #not-listening

Possibly I am difficult to live with, but I don't bring my work home much. I'm either busy or not busy. And I don't work from home. I have an office here which has a white wall. No view. I did try working in a room with a view but it was too interesting. Too distracting. ↗

— Jack Dee

#bring #busy #did #difficult #distracting

I am guilty of buying way too many gadgets - way too many! And though I try to keep things nice and orderly, sometimes I get distracted and stick saucepans where the stockpots should go. ↗

— Paula Deen

#buying #distracted #gadgets #get #go

It's hard to stay true to yourself and what you want in life when there are so many distractions and so much craziness going on around you. ↗

— Hilary Duff

#craziness #distractions #going #hard #life

America is addicted to wars of distraction. ↗

— Barbara Ehrenreich

#america #distraction #wars

I don't look at Twitter between events because it's a distraction but I will ring my fiance and parents to let them know how it's going. ↗

— Jessica Ennis

#between #distraction #events #fiance #going

I have a very beautiful room that in my house that we bought in Princeton. It's glass on three sides, and you'd think that's the perfect place to write. Somehow in that nice room I feel too exposed, and I can notice I'm too distracted by things going on, so I end up writing in a not-very-nice office bedroom. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#bedroom #bought #distracted #end #exposed

I tend to get my hands into all these other things and all these distractions, and after a while I start feeling depleted. ↗

— Scott Weiland

#depleted #distractions #feeling #get #hands