“We live inside too much. We live inside and we have square thoughts and square ideas because we live in square houses. Our lives are colored by our environments. Our attention fields are colored by it.” IdeasHumanityHouseAttentionEnvironmentToo MuchOur LivesFieldsBuddhismSquaresOur Environment Author:Frederick Lenz
“Rock guitarists usually do not wish to think trains of thought about anything but their own guitar playing during a long solo, and I could not play this way if I were not able to divide my attention between my ever changing musical environment and my instrument itself.” IfsThinkingWayLongPlayAbleWishAttentionEnvironmentRocksInstrumentsTrainGuitarMusicalDividesSoloGuitaristGuitar PlayingTrain Of Thought Author:John Frusciante
“We're starting to realize that magicians have a lot of implicit know-ledge about how we perceive the world around us because they have to deceive us in terms of controlling attention, exploiting the assumptions we make when we do and don't notice a change in our environment. There is an enormous amount of really detailed instruction on how to perform magic. People are always blown away by how detailed a description you'll have.” PeopleKnowsWorldTermRealizingAttentionEnvironmentMagicAmountStartingEnormousPerceiveAssumptionDescriptionInstructionDeceivingMagicianOur EnvironmentImplicitBlown AwayLedges Author:Richard Wiseman
“The rhythmic pattern of the poem, which forces continuity of attention - incites a pleasurable compulsion to 'follow' - is either a tried metrical suasion-contrivance or a specially invented pattern of physical insistences, equally, if not more, binding in its effect on the reader. From a straight linguistic point of view, there is room for wonder if there is not latent vice in this environment in which pleasurable physically-compelled responses, produced by incidents of poetic utterance, are identified with the Good.” IfsForceRoomsViewsAttentionWonderEnvironmentEffectsReaderResponsePatternsVicesPoint Of ViewPoeticCompelledCompulsionIncidentsContinuityBindingUtteranceLatentInsistence Author:Laura Riding
“The present is always invisible because its environmental. No environment is perceptible, simply because it saturates the whole field of attention.” WholeAttentionEnvironmentFieldsEnvironmentalInvisible Author:Marshall McLuhan
“There is a strong current in contemporary culture advocating ' holistic ' views as some sort of cure-all... Reductionism implies attention to a lower level while holistic implies attention to higher level. These are intertwined in any satisfactory description: and each entails some loss relative to our cognitive preferences, as well as some gain... there is no whole system without an interconnection of its parts and there is no whole system without an environment.” WellsWholeCultureStrongLossLevelsViewsAttentionEnvironmentHigherGainsCurrentsContemporaryCuresDescriptionRelativePreferenceCognitiveHigher LevelHolisticAdvocatingIntertwinedInterconnectionReductionism Author:Francisco Varela
“You can't see any movie nowadays really without it having some sort of CGI treatment, albeit whether it's a creature or an environment, something like that. To make a point, sort of poetically in that case, but clearly it was a drama and how do you approach it? Well, I think what you're supposed to do is what the text dictates. What you bring to it and everything you need to know should be there, and pay attention to your director.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsShouldWellsPayAttentionCasesEnvironmentDramaDirectorsCreaturesApproachPay AttentionTreatmentCgi Author:Brendan Fraser
“Ugliness, squalor are breeding grounds for revolution. Beauty is conducive to tranquillity, happiness. Beautifying of homes and places of worship began with the dawn of civilization. Beautifying of workplaces is only in its infancy. Yet, since men normally spend more than half of their waking hours at work, surely it is important that adequate attention be devoted to elevating their working environment, whether office or factory, foundry or machine shop, mine or warehouse. Beautiful surroundings subtly encourage beautiful living. Drab surroundings, bad air, bad light, evoke bad reactions.” MenImportantHomeLightBeautifulHoursWorkAttentionHalfEnvironmentAirMinesRevolutionCivilizationOfficeWorshipMachinesReactionsDawnShopsWakingFactoriesDevotedWorkplaceAdequateSurroundingsUglinessEvokeBreedingInfancyTranquillityElevatingWarehouseSqualorPlaces Of WorshipMachine Shop Author:B. C. Forbes
“We must occasionally remind ourselves of our brief visit on this planet. Shouldn't we try to express ourselves clearly, make a personal stamp on our environment, and pay attention to the details that make the difference?” TryingDifferencesPayAttentionEnvironmentDesignPlanetsDetailsPay AttentionStampsOur EnvironmentInterior Design Author:Charlotte Moss
“Preservation of the environment, promotion of sustainable development and particular attention to climate change are matters of grave concern for the entire human family. No nation or business sector can ignore the ethical implications present in all economic and social development. With increasing clarity scientific research demonstrates that the impact of human actions in any one place or region can have worldwide effects.” HumansMatterActionNationsSocialAttentionEnvironmentEconomicEffectsParticularDevelopmentResearchConcernImpactClimateEnvironmentalClimate ChangeGravesClarityRegionsEthicalSustainabilityPreservationPromotionImplicationsSustainable DevelopmentSocial DevelopmentScientific ResearchHuman ActionsHuman Family Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“... placing economic activity in the context of the whole earth requires attention to the question of scale. Bigger is obviously not better, so the optimum scale of human economy in relation to the total economy becomes basically a question of sustainability. When the effects of the economy on the environment undercut the possibility of its own continuance, the scale is too large.” HumansWholeEarthAttentionEconomyEnvironmentEconomicEffectsPossibilityActivityBiggerRelationEnvironmentalScalesSustainabilityContinuanceOptimumUndercut Book:Sustaining the Common Good: A Christian Perspective on the Global Economy Source: Sustaining the Common Good: A Christian Perspective on the Global Economy
“A long memory is the most subversive idea in America. A tautology is a thing which is tautological. A witty saying proves nothing, but saying something pointless gets people's attention. If your kids look like you, it's hereditory. If they look like the neighbor, it's the environment. Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.” PeopleIfsLooksLongIdeasKidsTodayAmericaMemoriesAttentionEnvironmentLike YouProveGolfWittyNeighborWealthyClothingsPointlessHideousProtestantsSubversiveOverweightTautologyWitty Sayings Author:Dave Barry
“So, what's a nudge? A nudge is some small feature of the environment that attracts our attention and alters our behavior.” AttentionEnvironmentBehaviorFeaturesNudge Author:Richard Thaler
“Stop asking for directions so much. Assuming that you're in a safe environment, pay attention and figure things out for yourself. Have the nerve to take a wrong turn now and then. You'll develop better working instincts and have more self-esteem too.” SelfTurnsPayAttentionEnvironmentSelf EsteemFiguresSafeAskingAssumingInstinctEsteemPay AttentionNervesNow And ThenWrong TurnSafe Environment Author:Marilyn vos Savant