“My favorite films, I would put my answering machine up to the television set and hit record. I'd tape my favorite movies and then I could go back and listen to them again. I only had the soundtrack, I didn't have the visuals. But I think it made me really pay attention to the soundtracks.” ThinkingMadeFilmPayAttentionRecordsTelevisionMachinesMy FavoritePay AttentionVisualsTapeSoundtracksAnswering Machines Author:Mark Mothersbaugh
“The craziest thing I've ever done to get a guy's attention? I admit I stalked someone. I showed up at a restaurant where I knew the guy worked, and we were actually good friends and had lost touch, and I pretended that I didn't know he worked there.” KnowsDoneGuyLostAttentionRestaurantsGood FriendCraziest Author:Rachel McAdams
“The commercial broadcasters have tremendous influence in Washington, D.C., for a couple of reasons. First, they're extremely rich and they have lots of money and they have had for a long time, so they can give money to politicians, which gets their attention.” GivingFirstsLongReasonAttentionRichInfluenceCouplePoliticianLong TimeLots Of MoneyBroadcasters Author:Robert Waterman McChesney
“I wanted to make a film - and I've been wanting to do this for 16 years - about life in care, and bring it to the public's attention, because I had never seen anything, on TV or in the cinema, which said: 'This is how it feels to be a kid in care'.” FeelsYearsSaidCareKidsWantedFilmAttentionTvsCinema Author:Samantha Morton
“I find it very hard not to be myself and maybe that does attract attention, but I'd be miserable if I wasn't.” IfsDoeHardAttentionMiserable Author:Sienna Miller
“I'm not coping very well with all the attention, if I'm honest.” IfsWellsAttentionHonestCoping Author:Sienna Miller
“I'm very lucky that I get to make a living out of acting, which is what I love, and the level of attention I receive has sometimes been my own fault and sometimes not been.” SometimesMy OwnLevelsActingAttentionLuckyFaults Author:Sienna Miller
“The most attention I get is in a book store or video shop when I go to the foreign film section. Sometimes that can be fun, but usually those women want to talk about philosophy or something very dense. It's not like they're tearing off my shirt, you know.” KnowsWantBookSometimesPhilosophyFilmFunAttentionStoresVideoShirtsShopsSectionsDenseWomen Want Author:Tobey Maguire
“What I would pay much more attention to are the few points where the player can inadvertently make a career decision. Most players end up back-tracking, though some actually enjoy this.” EndsEnjoyDecisionPayAttentionCareersPlayerTracking Author:Graham Nelson
“During the winter my attention was attracted to the changes in the stars and planets in the sky.” StarsAttentionSkyPlanetsWinterStars And Planets Author:Paul Nurse
“Hopefully, at some point, people will at least credit the Republicans with carrying out their oversight responsibilities and with pursuing a principled course of action even in the face of everyone's short-attention spans.” PeopleActionFacesCoursesAttentionResponsibilityRepublicanCreditHopefullyAttention SpanOversightPrincipledShort Attention Spans Author:Barbara Olson
“Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.” KindAbilityAttentionInfluenceSpecialEventsAuthorityPresidentialObsessedSignificancePardonPerksPardon Me Author:Barbara Olson
“Well, with so many space shuttle missions that we've done, I think it's just sort of natural that each one hasn't necessarily gotten the attention that the early ones did.” ThinkingWellsDoneNaturalSpaceAttentionMissionsSpace Shuttle Author:Ellen Ochoa
“I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.” WantAttentionBrotherPrioritiesJealous Author:Jack Osbourne
“No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin.” AttentionStructureDevotedNaturalismNaturalistBarnacles Author:Richard Owen
“I began to pay attention to Scripture and meet people who walked the walk, and little by little, I guess you could call me a born again Christian. 1978 is when I found my walk with the Lord.” PeopleLittlesChristianFoundBornWalksPayAttentionLordScripturePay AttentionCall MeBorn Again Author:Tony Orlando
“It's easy to get lost in the baby. You have to make sure you give your husband attention.” GivingLostEasyAttentionBabyHusbandEasy To GetYour Husband Author:Ellen Pompeo
“A long time ago when I was very little, I dreamed about being on stage. Some people told me I would never be able to do it, so I only paid attention to those who told me that I could.” PeopleLittlesLongAbleAttentionStageLong TimePaidLong Time Ago Author:Lauren Potter
“There's nothing wrong with setting goals, but it doesn't mean a thing if you don't pay attention to the day-to-day details.” IfsMeanGoalPayAttentionDetailsSettingSettingsPay AttentionDay To DaySetting Goals Author:Don Shula
“Anytime you feel negative emotion, stop and say: 'Something is important here, otherwise I would not be feeling this negative emotion. What is it that I want?' And then simply turn your attention to what you DO want. In the moment that you turn your attention to what you want, the negative attraction will stop, and in the moment the negative attraction stops, the positive attraction will begin. And in that moment, your feelings will change from not feeling good to feeling good.” WantFeelsImportantMomentsFeelingsSpiritualTurnsEmotionAttentionNegativeAttractionWhat You WantFeel GoodLaw Of AttractionThat MomentNegative EmotionsNot Feeling Good Author:Esther Hicks
“So, you pay attention to what is in every moment. And when you do that, then you realize that the presence of God is everywhere.” MomentsGodRealizingPayAttentionPay AttentionPresence Of God Author:Deepak Chopra
“No, I had no problem communicating with Latin American heads of state - though now I do wish I had paid more attention to Latin when I was in high school.” StatesProblemSchoolPoliticsWishAttentionHigh SchoolPaidCommunicateLatinNo ProblemLatin AmericaHead Of StateLatin American Author:Dan Quayle
“I think we will always have the impulse towards visual poetry with us, and I wouldn't agree with Bly that it's a bad thing. It depends on the ability of the individual poet to do it well, and to make a shape which is interesting enough to hold your attention.” ThinkingWellsEnoughIndividualAbilityInterestingAttentionPoetDependsShapesAgreeImpulseVisualsBad Things Author:James Laughlin
“With the attention I got on my wealth, I thought I would have become a source of resentment, but it is just the other way around - it just generates that much more ambition in many people.” PeopleWayWealthAttentionSourceAmbitionResentment Author:Azim Premji
“I pay a lot of attention to box office because I understand it. TV ratings? I don't know how to interpret them, since I'm new to TV, so I'm just going to wait for somebody to tell me.” KnowsWaitingPayAttentionKnow HowTvsOfficeBoxesRatingBox Office Author:Oren Peli
“We are angry about paying the highest income taxes and property taxes in the nation and getting less and less for it. We are angry about our incompetent, dysfunctional government that pays no attention to the desires of the people. We are angry about the cesspool of corruption and conflicts of interests and self-dealing that is Albany.” PeopleSelfGovernmentDesireNationsInterestPayAttentionConflictTaxesHighestAngryPropertyCorruptionIncomeIncome TaxIncompetentConflict Of InterestAlbanyProperty Taxes Author:Carl Paladino
“Those theologians who are beginning to take the doctrine of creation very seriously should pay some attention to science's story.” ShouldStoriesPayAttentionCreationDoctrineTheologian Author:John Polkinghorne
“A movie is painting, it's photography, it's literature - because you have to have the screenplay - it's music. Put a different soundtrack to a comedy and it's a tragedy. A movie combines all those forms and forces you to pay attention for two hours with a group of people.” PeopleTwoDifferentFormLiteratureForceHoursPayAttentionComedyGroupsPaintingPhotographyTragedyPay AttentionScreenplaysSoundtracks Author:Paula Patton
“Now, I don't actually know the exact cut-off age where beautiful ceases and "must have-once-been-beautiful" begins. It's true it's not forty-five. I can still get attention when I try really hard, even if it's greatly reduced.” IfsKnowsTryingStillsI CanHardAgeBeautifulAttentionFiveCuttingCeaseForty Author:Paulina Porizkova
“Preschoolers have a way of grabbing your attention. Mine help me not to be a baseball player at home.” WayHelpingHomeAttentionPlayerMinesBaseballHelp MeBaseball PlayerGrabbing Author:Dan Quisenberry
“I don't go on the Internet. I never go on the Internet. I don't go on Twitter. I'm not on Facebook. I've seen friends go into dark, dark holes of sadness because of that. Frankly, I don't have the time or the attention span for it.” DarkAttentionSadnessGoes OnInternetHolesAttention Span Author:Amy Sherman-Palladino
“Well not really to get attention, but to entertain, but you know to show some elements of rural life as well, it kind of blended all in, its kind of like a mockery in a sense, kind of stab back at people that have those stereotypical ideas of the south.” PeopleKnowsWellsKindIdeasShowsAttentionElementsSouthMockeryBubbaRural Life Author:Bubba Sparxxx
“The fact is that in this day and age I don't think any novelist can assume that a book will get attention.” ThinkingBookFactsAgeAttentionAssumingNovelistsThis Day Author:Curtis Sittenfeld
“Europe would be well advised to pay more attention to Latin America. The emerging economies are the engines of the global economy. Colombia has done too little to improve its reputation in Europe.” WellsLittlesDoneWould BeAmericaPayAttentionEconomyEuropeReputationLatinEnginesEmergingLatin AmericaGlobal EconomyColombiaEmerging Economies Author:Juan Manuel Santos
“I feel very sorry for the one or two North Korean defectors who were caught by Chinese police while entering South Korean or foreign embassies in Beijing, but their arrest drew the whole attention of the world.” WorldFeelsTwoWholeAttentionPoliceSouthSorryCaughtChineseEnteringNorth KoreaKoreanBeijingNorth KoreanEmbassyDefectors Author:Kim Young-sam
“A terrorist network that believes a nation so tested will fold under pressure of a few horrific acts may capture its attention, but will not achieve its submission.” BelieveMayNationsAttentionAchievePressureTerroristCaptureTestedSubmissionFoldsHorrificUnder Pressure Author:Virginia Foxx
“While it is possible to create all your own energy, most people feed off the energy of others. If you could see on multiple planes of attention you would be astonished!” PeopleIfsWould BeEnergyAttentionPlanesMultiple Author:Frederick Lenz
“There are primarily two ways people can drain your energy. They can get you to want them or what they have or they can get you to fear them. In order to drain you they must get into your attention field.” PeopleWayWantTwoOrderEnergyAttentionFieldsTwo WaysDrains Author:Frederick Lenz
“If one party is trusting, it is very easy during sex for the other party to format someone, to put thoughts in their mind, to jam their consciousness or attention, to lower their energy or just take power from them.” IfsMindEnergySexEasyPartyAttentionConsciousnessJamFormat Author:Frederick Lenz
“Fear can be used to get into your attention. Any way a person can get you to think of them, allows them to drain you.” ThinkingWayPersonsUsedAttentionDrains Author:Frederick Lenz
“If are in a situation with too many people in your life and you want to go into higher attention, look in the mirror. You are being blocked. Do something about it. It might be hard.” PeopleIfsWantLooksHardMightAttentionSituationHigherMirrorsPeople In Your LifeBlocked Author:Frederick Lenz
“Keep some of your attention on your navel center when you are in a situation in which you feel your power is being drained. You will find that you will keep your power tighter, you won't lose as much.” FeelsLosesAttentionSituationDrainedNavel Author:Frederick Lenz
“People try to get into your life. They try and keep you off-balance, keep you from making good decisions that will empower you - because if your attention field is sharp - you will see if anyone is in your life for ill reasons.” PeopleIfsTryingReasonDecisionAttentionFieldsBalanceIllEmpoweringGood Decision Author:Frederick Lenz
“It appeared that after first contemplating a book on some subject, and after giving serious preliminary attention to it, I needed a period of subconscious incubation which could not be hurried and was if anything impeded by deliberate thinking.... Having, by a time of very intense concentration, planted the problem in my subconsciousness, it would germinate underground until, suddenly, the solution emerged with a blinding clarity, so that it only remained to write down what happened as if in a revelation.” IfsThinkingGivingWritingFirstsBookProblemAttentionHappenedSubjectsSeriousNeededPeriodsSolutionsIntenseClarityRevelationsConcentrationContemplatingSubconsciousDeliberateIncubation Author:Bertrand Russell
“The way you learn is by sitting with the Master, as he moves into those states of attention, you feel that and follow him. He generates tremendous energy when he's doing anything. You are taught inwardly.” WayFeelsStatesWisdomMovingEnergyAttentionTaughtMastersBuddhismSitting Author:Frederick Lenz
“In order to effectively interlock with higher spheres of mind and attention, you must have tremendous balance and control. You learn that it is more fun to have control than not to.” MindOrderFunAttentionBuddhismBalanceHigherSpheres Author:Frederick Lenz
“Meditate. Inspire others. Spend time by yourself. Manage your career properly. Work at something constructive, that doesn't injure others, and put your full attention into it.” AttentionCareersInspireBuddhismBalanceManageEnd TimesSpend TimeConstructiveInspire Others Author:Frederick Lenz
“Power plants break up the way you see the world; they can push you into the second attention; yet to continuously take them, weakens the subtle psychical body.” WorldWayBodyAttentionBreakBuddhismBalancePlantSubtlePower Plants Author:Frederick Lenz
“A lot of people trash their subtle physical body with psychedelic drugs. While they do certainly give you experiences in altered levels of attention, you pay a price for it. They definitely screw up the subtle physical. Hatha Yoga can be good for that.” PeopleGivingBodyLevelsPayAttentionBuddhismBalanceDrugYogaBe GoodSubtleScrewsTrashPsychedelicAlteredScrew UpsPhysical BodyPsychedelic DrugsHatha Yoga Author:Frederick Lenz