“The idea that He would take his attention away from the universe in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds is just so unlikely I can't go along with it.” GivingI CanIdeasReligionOrderUniverseThreeAttentionAtheismGive MePositive AtheismSpeedUnlikelyBicycle Author:Quentin Crisp
“I have an extraordinary attention span. I manage to juggle two or three different ideas at the same time, and that's probably, if I have a gift, that's probably the best gift that's given me.” IfsTwoIdeasDifferentThreeGivenAttentionExtraordinaryManageAttention SpanBest GiftDifferent Ideas Author:Paul Newman
“I was the youngest of three kids, and from the age of four, singing was my way of getting attention.” WayKidsAgeThreeAttentionFourSingingMy Way Author:Kiki Dee
“If you have to talk to more than three people about the same problem, you don't want help, you want attention.” PeopleIfsWantHelpingProblemThreeAttention Author:Naomi Campbell
“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
“Only two to three per cent of an audience is interested in words and pays attention to lyrics; most of the rest of it is about image or the beat or the sound, or else it's a tribal thing - country & western, rap, heavy metal, with historical folk rock off in some kind of cult.” KindTwoCountryThreeSoundPayAttentionAudienceRocksBeatsHistoricalWesternFolksHeavyRapPay AttentionMetalsCentsCultHeavy MetalCountry Western Author:Al Stewart
“I blame the newspapers because every day they call our attention to insignificant things, while three or four times in our lives,we read books that contain essential things. Once we feverishly tear the band of paper enclosing our newspapers, things should change and we should find--I do not know--the Pensées by Pascal!” KnowsShouldBookThreeAttentionKnowledgeFourOur LivesTearsBandEssentialsPaperNewsBlameNewspapersPensInsignificantPascalInsignificant Things Author:Marcel Proust
“I was sick of people making fun of my hair and so I cut it off and I've got much more attention than ever before. It was like when Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in 1906 - three times more people came to see where it used to be.” PeopleUsedThreeFunAttentionCuttingHairSickUsed To BeThree TimesStolenMona LisaLouvre Author:Emo Philips
“I see young people being dismissed for supposedly wanting only "stupid" and "easy" material, or that they don't have an attention span longer than three minutes. I disagree with all those statements; I just think they aren't true. I'm saying that our generation wants stuff that is substantial and challenging, as well as thoughtful and endearing. Well, I don't know if I'm doing that, but I'm trying.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantTryingWellsYoungThreeEasyStuffChallengesAttentionGenerationsMinutesStupidMaterialsStatementsThoughtfulDisagreeOur GenerationAttention SpanEndearing Author:Bo Burnham
“In the end, the most important thing to me is that I've raised three kids. I know that'll be the most important accomplishment of my life and it is the most easily obtainable, because all you have to do is pay attention. It is hard work and most people don't realize that's the real gift they are getting in terms of goals and success and accomplishments.” PeopleKnowsImportantRealEndsHardKidsThreeGoalTermRealizingPayAttentionHard WorkImportant ThingsRaisedPay AttentionAccomplishment Author:George Lucas
“For about three years I was performing at one bar in East Los Angeles that was like a mean dive bar. You're in there performing for drunks or bikers, not the most flattering people. I think it helped build my confidence, because you have to get their attention, then make them laugh.” PeopleThinkingYearsMeanThreeAttentionLaughingEastBarsPerformingLos AngelesThree YearsFlatteringBikers Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“At home in Victoria, we have three dogs, Tosh and Lucy, they're half Blue Heelers, and then there's Torrin a little Maltese terrier. She gets more attention in the house than anyone else! Yes, I miss them a lot.” LittlesHomeThreeHouseAttentionHalfDogMissingBlueVictoriaLucyTerriersThree Dog Author:Chris Hemsworth
“I thought that, with so much current attention focused on the topic of North Korea, I might share what I think are three books which cast a rare light on the elusive realm of North Korea.” ThinkingBookLightMightThreeAttentionShareCastsCurrentsFocusedRealmsTopicsKoreaNorth KoreaElusive Author:Adam Johnson
“We also have no taboos against freedom of expression. Although I am president, I must confront the criticism of party members in my election district once every three months. In addition, people pay close attention to what my wife does and how my children live.” PeopleChildrenDoeThreePresidentPartyPayAttentionWifeExpressionMonthsMembersCriticismElectionMy WifeMy ChildrenTabooFreedom Of ExpressionThree Months Author:Nguyen Minh Triet
“Ask any real estate broker to name the three most important factors in buying a property, and he'll say: "Location, location, location." Now ask him to name the chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, and he'll say: "Location, location, location." This tells us that we should not necessarily be paying a whole lot of attention to real estate brokers.” ShouldImportantRealStatesWholeThreeAsksNamesJusticeUnitedAttentionUnited StatesCourtPropertySupremeFactorsChiefsBuyingEstatesLocationSupreme CourtBrokersChief Justice Book:Homes and Other Black Holes Source: Homes and Other Black Holes
“There are three foundational issues or three divisions that I should say that Sharia fits into, one is penal law of course and that is what gets all the attention, there's two countries in the world right now that actually have a Federal mandate to enact penal law according to the Sharia, that's Saudi Arabia, and Iran.” WorldShouldTwoCountryLawThreeCoursesAttentionIssuesFitRight NowIranDivisionArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisMandatesTwo CountriesSharia Author:Mark Durie
“I am never much interested in the effects of what I write....I seldom read with any attention the reviews of my...books. Two times out of three I know something about the reviewer, and in very few cases have I any respect for his judgments. Thus his praise, if he praises me, leaves me unmoved. I can't recall any review that has even influenced me in the slightest. I live in sort of a vacuum, and I suspect that most other writers do, too. It is hard to imagine one of the great ones paying any serious attention to contemporary opinion.” IfsKnowsWritingI CanTwoBookHardThreeAttentionOpinionCasesImagineEffectsSeriousJudgmentPraiseContemporarySuspectsReviewsRecallsLeaving MeVacuumsGreat OnesReviewers Author:H. L. Mencken