“It's like a convent, the hospital. You leave the world behind and take vows of poverty, chastity, obedience.” Quote by Carolyn Wheat
“There is, I suppose, no occupation in the world which has an influence on the efficiency and happiness of the members of nearly all other occupations so continuous and so permeating as that of the working housewife and mother.” WorldMotherWifeInfluenceMembersOccupationEfficiencyHousewife Author:Eleanor Rathbone
“To be a housewife is to be a member of a very peculiar occupation, one with characteristics like no other. The nature of the duties to be performed, the method of payment, the form of supervision, the tenure system, the market in which the workers find jobs, and the physical hazzards are all very different from the way things are in other occupations.” WayDifferentJobsFormDutyMembersMethodWorkersCharacteristicsOccupationPeculiarPaymentHousewifeTenureSupervision Author:Barbara Bergmann
“There is still no cure for the common birthday.” StillsAgeDeathTimeCommonHistoryDyingFriendsAgingCuresBirthdayGetting OldGetting OlderMy BirthdayGrowing OlderMy WishFunny AgingBirthdays And AgingBirthday PartyFunny Old Age BirthdayHappy BirthdayYouth And Old AgeInspirational BirthdayFunny AgeAge Of 40Wise BirthdayFunny Birthday30th BirthdayBirthday WishesOld BirthdayQuotations Birthday Happy BirthdayMilestone BirthdayBirthday CardFunny Happy BirthdayWitty BirthdayHumorous BirthdayFunny Birthday CardBest BirthdayFunny Birthday WishesBirthday HumorCelebrate BirthdayBirthday Wishes FunnyYouth FunnyBirthday GreetingsHilarious Happy BirthdayWise AgeAwesome BirthdayHappy Birthday Inspirational Author:John Glenn
“People hunger for more attention. Full attention will be the aphrodisiac of the future.” PeopleDesireAttentionHungerAphrodisiac Author:Linda Stone
“When we multi-task, we are motivated by a desire to be more productive and more efficient. We're often doing things that are automatic, that require very little cognitive processing... Continuous partial attention describes how many of us use our attention today... to pay partial attention - continuously. It is different from multi-tasking.” LittlesDifferentUseTodayDesirePayAttentionTasksProductiveMotivatedEfficientEfficiencyCognitiveProcessingMulti Tasking Author:Linda Stone
“Breathing determines emotion. Emotion determines breathing.” EmotionDetermineBreathing Author:Linda Stone
“Attention is the most powerful tool of the human spirit. We can enhance or augment our attention with practices like meditation and exercise, diffuse it with technologies like email and Blackberries, or alter it with pharmaceuticals. In the end, though, we are fully responsible for how we choose to use this extraordinary tool.” HumansEndsUseSpiritPowerfulAttentionPracticeTechnologyFocusMeditationExerciseToolsResponsibleExtraordinaryMost PowerfulEmailHuman SpiritBlackberries Author:Linda Stone
“It's no accident that new ideas pop into our heads when we least expect it. In our enthusiasm to be productive, we forget to give our mind/body moments to be "receptive" - that is, open to daydreaming, open to letting our minds wander.” GivingMindIdeasMomentsBodyForgetPopsAccidentsEnthusiasmWanderProductiveNew IdeasDaydreamingReceptiveMind Body Author:Linda Stone
“Distraction and procrastination come in a variety of flavors... when I'm distracted and I walk over and stare out the window, it's a very different experience than when I feed the distraction by cramming in a few emails or make a phone call.” DifferentWalksWindowPhonesVarietyStaringDistractionProcrastinationFlavorEmailDistractedPhone CallsDifferent ExperiencesCramming Author:Linda Stone
“Untethered technology gives us the freedom to do nearly anything, anytime, anywhere. It can also enslave us - we feel compelled to use it where ever it is. Technology is neutral. How, when and where we use it is up to us.” GivingFeelsUseTechnologyCompelled Author:Linda Stone