“The main thing was finding this... voice that I had interest in, which I'll call the quiet-yet-stoic voice: the very quiet yet very strong voice that I developed, that people would want to hear and that was worth paying attention to.” PeopleWantStrongVoiceInterestAttentionQuietFindingsPay AttentionVery StrongStoic Author:Gillian Welch
“When you are in a condition of light everything is ecstatic, everything is joyous, everything is beautiful. Your attention field is subtle. The ego is quiet. The mind is still. Your heart is happy.” MindHeartStillsLightBeautifulAttentionMeditationConditionsFieldsBuddhismQuietEgoSubtleJoyousEcstatic Author:Frederick Lenz
“In our land of opportunities and distractions, it's hard to devote our attention to the quiet pleasures of reading. It's as if we live our lives in a noisy restaurant and can't have the intimate conversation we most yearn for.” IfsHardReadingOpportunityPleasureAttentionOur LivesLandQuietConversationIntimateRestaurantsDistractionNoisyLand Of OpportunityPleasure Of ReadingIntimate Conversation Book:The Little Guide to Your Well-read Life Source: The Little Guide to Your Well-read Life
“Precise, graceful, and generous, the poems in SuperLoop, seem to be born out of a deep, careful attention and a profound compassion. Sometimes the quiet observer, sometimes the kid in the center of the messed-up carnival, these poems are the fireflies you’ve missed all winter, the longed-for return of the bees. Unaffected and inherently hopeful, Callihan’s work is as merciful as it is moving.” SometimesSeemsKidsMovingBornAttentionCompassionReturnQuietProfoundWinterCarefulGenerousHopefulBeesPreciseObserversMercifulMessed UpFireflyCarnivals Author:Ada Limon
“A Democrat is just like a baby. If it's hollering and making a lot of noise, there is nothing serious the matter with it. When it's quiet and doesn't pay much attention to anything, that's when it's really dangerous.” IfsMatterPayAttentionDangerousSeriousBabyQuietDemocratNoise Author:Will Rogers
“I really rate Paul Scholes, because he hasn't got the high profile of many of the Manchester United players, he doesn't get too much attention, but he is one very good player. He is an intelligent player, he works hard and he scores some great goals. He is not flamboyant and is a quiet lad off the pitch but he is a tremendous asset to Manchester United and to England. He has already got my vote as player of the year.” YearsHardGoalUnitedAttentionToo MuchPlayerHard WorkQuietVoteEnglandIntelligentRateVery GoodScoreAssetsProfileManchesterLadManchester UnitedScholesFlamboyantHigh ProfilePaul Scholes Author:Tony Adams
“Silence means they [the audience] are paying attention. Even if I drop bombs and they're dead quiet, it's still okay. If they start talking, that's when you've lost them.” IfsMeanStillsLostAttentionSilenceTalkingAudienceQuietOkayPay AttentionBombs Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“The nicest gifts are those left, nameless and quiet, unburdened with love, or vanity, or the desire for attention.” DesireLeftAttentionQuietVanityNameless Author:Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“I love medieval cities; they do not clamor for attention; they possess their souls - their riches - in quiet; formal, courteous, they reveal themselves slowly, stone by stone, garden by garden; hidden treasures wait calmly to be loved and yield to introspective wandering.” SoulWaitingCitiesAttentionQuietTravelGardenStonesRichesArchitectureTreasureWanderYieldFormalMedievalIntrospectiveCourteousClamorHidden Treasure Author:Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
“If you see a thing that looks like a cross between a flying lobster and the figure of Abraxas on a Gnostic gem, do not pay it the least attention, never mind where it is; just keep quiet and hope it will go away - for that's your best chance; you have none in a stand-up fight with a good thorough-going African insect.” IfsMindLooksFightingChancePayAttentionFiguresQuietCrossesFlyingGoing AwayInsectsThoroughGemsLobster Book:West African Studies Source: West African Studies
“As you focus your attention on the heart center, you will begin to feel your thoughts slowing down. You'll begin to feel your mind becoming calm and quiet. They won't bother you.” FeelsMindHeartAttentionFocusMeditationBuddhismBecomingQuietCalmBotherSlow DownSlowingChakra Meditation Author:Frederick Lenz
“You don't get the pay-off when you're playing a quiet character, so sometimes you want to just throw out all your work and say, "Okay, let me do something really funny or gimmicky, just so that I can get some attention in this scene."” WantI CanSometimesCharacterPayAttentionSceneQuietOkayLet Me Author:Viola Davis