“Get a life in which you notice the smell of salt water pushing itself on a breeze over the dunes, a life in which you stop and watch how a red-tailed hawk circles over a pond and a stand of pines. Get a life in which you pay attention to the baby as she scowls with concentration when she tried to pick up a Cheerio with her thumb and first finger.” FirstsWaterPayAttentionWatchesBabyPicksRedFingersSmellCirclesPay AttentionConcentrationPushingSaltBreezeThumbsPondsHawksSalt Water Author:Anna Quindlen
“If you pay attention to good critics, you have to listen to the bad. So you have to ignore them all really. You can't just cherry pick the glowing ones.” IfsPayAttentionPicksCriticsPay AttentionGlowingCherries Author:Ricky Gervais
“Childhood was terrifying for me. A kid has no control. You’re three feet tall, flat broke, unemployed, and illiterate. Terror snaps you awake. You pay keen attention. People can just pick you up and move you and put you down.” PeopleKidsMovingThreePayAttentionFeetChildhoodPicksTerrorBrokeAwakeFlatsTallSnapsUnemployedIlliterate Author:Mary Karr
“I like poems that immediately claim my attention, instead of taking my attention for granted. At first read, I want to feel compelled to pick up the poem again; I want to be curious about its byways and secret corners.” WantFeelsFirstsSecretAttentionPicksClaimsCornersCuriousGrantedCompelled Author:James Arthur
“I try to pick music for a diner that doesnt involve a lot of lyrics, so you're not paying attention to that. As long as it doesnt dominate the party, it should be more atmosphere music. When I'm by myself, I never play music.” ShouldTryingLongPlayPartyAttentionPicksPay AttentionAtmosphereDiners Author:Amy Sedaris
“On stage, there are hundreds of people watching you. It's so much energy directed at you. I pick up energy really easily. Even if I go to the grocery store and no one is paying attention to me, I can pick up other people's moods and it's really intense.” PeopleIfsI CanEnergyAttentionStagePicksStoresMoodIntensePay AttentionGroceriesGrocery Stores Author:Rooney Mara
“I went back to the notion of story, which is always a good thing to have if you're trying to get people to pay attention to a book and pick up information along the way.” PeopleIfsWayTryingBookStoriesPayAttentionInformationPicksGood ThingsNotionPay Attention Author:David Macaulay
“Women need to turn their attention from saving their spouse, their mothers, their this, their that, their kids, to putting that financial oxygen mask on their face first. When they're solid, they can pick up the whole world.” WorldNeedsFirstsWholeKidsFacesMotherTurnsAttentionPicksFinancialWhole WorldSavingMaskSpouseOxygen Author:Suze Orman
“They're counting on your patriotism to distract you from their plunder. They're counting on you to be standing at attention with your hand over your heart, pledging allegiance to the flag, while they pick your pocket!” HeartHandsAttentionPicksCorporationsPocketsOver YouFlagsCountingAllegiancePlunderCounting On You Author:Bill Moyers