“...the idea of a spiritual part of our nature that survives death, the notion of an afterlife, ought to be easy for religions and nations to sell. This is not an issue of which we might anticipate widespread skepticism. People will want to believe it, even if the evidence is meager to nil... compelling testimony ... provides that our personality, character, memory ... resides in the matter of the brain, it is easy not to focus on it, to find ways to evade the weight of the evidence.” PeopleIfsWayWantBelieveIdeasMatterCharacterMightSpiritualNationsEasyMemoriesBrainIssuesFocusPersonalityOughtEvidenceWeightSellsNotionAfterlifeCompellingSkepticismTestimonyAnticipate Author:Carl Sagan
“Technology is helping more and more deaf people hear, but here at Gallaudet, we focus on learning and achieving-not on listening. So I would still say deaf people can do anything, except hear.” PeopleStillsHelpingCan DoTechnologyFocusAchieveListeningDeafGallaudet Author:I. King Jordan
“Comedians are - at the end of the day, we're just a bunch of people that lack a little bit of - we're very insecure, and we want to be loved and liked by everybody. And you know, I could check my Twitter and there could be 150 people that say wonderful things. There'll be one person who says something negative. And all we focus on is that negative.” PeopleKnowsWantLittlesPersonsEndsBitsFocusWonderfulLittle BitNegativeChecksBunchComedianThe End Of The DayInsecureWonderful Things Author:Russell Peters
“People who are constantly looking for the opportunity to do something new are also people who are not going to be helped by having job titles - job titles create expectations of specialization and focus which don't map really well to creating the best possible experience for your customers.” PeopleWellsJobsOpportunityFocusCreatingExpectationsCustomersTitlesMapsSomething NewSpecializationJob Titles Author:Gabe Newell
“We just want to win. That's the bottom line. I think a lot of times people may become content with one championship or a little bit of success, but we don't really reflect on what we've done in the past. We focus on the present.” PeopleThinkingWantMayLittlesDonePastSuccessWinningBitsLinesFocusLittle BitBottomChampionshipYankeesBottom LineNew York YankeesYankee Stadium Author:Derek Jeter
“My idea of a good picture is one that's in focus and of a famous person. People are only glamorous if you don't see them. Like the movies used to make people years ago. There is something about people on screen that makes them so special; when you see them in person, they are so different and the whole illusion is gone.” PeopleIfsYearsPersonsIdeasDifferentWholeUsedGoneFocusSpecialIllusionYears AgoScreensGlamorous Author:Andy Warhol
“When you focus upon lack in an attitude of complaining, you establish a vibrational point of attraction that then gives you access only to more thoughts of complaint. Your deliberate effort to tell a new story will establish a new pattern of thought, providing you with a new point of attraction from your present, about your past, and into your future. The simple effort of looking for positive aspects will set a new vibrational tone that will begin the immediate attraction of thoughts, people, circumstances, and things that are pleasing to you.” PeopleGivingStoriesPastSimpleEffortAttitudeFocusCircumstancesAspectPatternsAttractionAccessComplainingToneOur FutureProvidingComplaintsOur PastDeliberateYour FutureYour Past Author:Esther Hicks
“I re-read The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter. It's a book every one should read, particularly Americans, as the USA is her primary focus. Her book demonstrates that white is not universal, that white is not neutral, that it has a history, which she eloquently delineates. It's not often you finish a book understanding how the world operates better than before you read it.” PeopleWorldShouldBookUnderstandingWhiteFocusUniversalPainterPrimariesUsa Author:Justine Larbalestier
“I realise I'll have to acquire the ability to speak to my audience in between numbers. I've never had to do that. On the street I only focus on the keyboard settings for my next song, which takes a bit of time and a lot of concentration. So I'll have to develop that new skill, which gives me pause, because I'm afraid I'll say something stupid and disillusion people when they realise I'm an ordinary earthling - in fact, as ordinary as anyone else on this planet.” PeopleGivingFactsSongNextSpeakBitsAbilityNumbersAudienceFocusStreetsStupidPlanetsSkillsOrdinaryGive MeSettingSettingsAcquireConcentrationRealisingPausesKeyboardsDisillusionNew SkillsAbility To Speak Author:Susan Schneider
“Working with devices and guitar pedals and mixers and synthesizers is what I do, and I prefer people not focus on that because it's kind of distracting from what the point should be. At least for me, it's to have the primacy of aurality in the experience of that evening.” PeopleShouldKindFocusGuitarEveningDevicesPedalsPrimacySynthesizers Author:Tim Hecker
“It's easy to focus on the differences, harder to find the similarities in people.” PeopleEasyDifferencesFocusHarderSimilarity Author:Chali 2na
“The beliefs of Native people are no less powerful or important just because they focus on a different "form of magic."” PeopleImportantDifferentFormBeliefPowerfulFocusMagicNative Author:Joseph Boyden
“I want my songs to be heard by everyone. I want [everyone] to treat people with compassion. I want them to realize that we are all so similar, but we focus so much on our differences.” PeopleWantSongRealizingDifferencesCompassionFocusHeardTreats Author:Joshua Radin
“I think people felt like they did everything they had been told they should do to fix the problem, and it still wasn't fixed. Then you have these other parts of Sudan, [which] in actual fact have been left on the back burner for way too long, so there was this scramble, probably a year ago now, to focus on the fact that this peace agreement was basically falling apart.” PeopleThinkingWayShouldYearsLongHas BeensStillsFactsProblemFallLeftFeltFocusYears AgoFixedAgreementFalling ApartSudanBack Burner Author:Rebecca Hamilton
“Dr. King organized the Poor People's Campaign in 1968 to shut down Washington, D.C. and force legislators to tackle poverty. His efforts to shift focus from civil to silver rights were interrupted by his untimely death. He fought ardently for Black rights, but he also recognized financial literacy as the key to an America that was truly free for all people.” PeopleAmericaForceBlackPoorEffortPovertyFocusRightsKeysKingsFinancialCampaignsOrganizedSilverDrsLiteracyPoor PeopleInterruptedLegislatorsFinancial LiteracyUntimely Death Author:John Hope Bryant
“In my short stories there's a lot of focus on people successfully and not successfully responding to some sorts of discomforts or instabilities.” PeopleStoriesFocusShort StoryDiscomfortRespondingInstability Author:Leni Zumas
“I think we should really discourage this sort of empathic engagement when it comes to making moral decisions. I think we should focus on something like compassion, on getting people to care more for others without putting ourselves in their shoes.” PeopleThinkingShouldCareDecisionCompassionMoralFocusShoesEngagementDiscouragingMoral Decisions Author:Paul Bloom
“If there's a theme in my work, it's that I like to focus on smart people who are facing oppression and who are fighting back against it.” PeopleIfsFightingFocusSmartOppressionThemeWorking ItSmart PeopleFighting Back Author:Molly Crabapple
“So forget the price tag. I mean, forget the size tag and focus on "Does it look right on me?" Would it look better with a little more blouse? A lot of people think, "Oh, my God, it's got to be tight, it's got to be tight." Actually, you look thinner when it's not as tight.” PeopleThinkingLooksMeanLittlesDoeForgetFocusSizeTagPrice TagBlouses Author:Molly Sims
“I feel like people focus too much on what other people think of their lives and trying to appear like they have it all together rather than focusing on just being happy. You can't control the perception of others no matter how hard you try. Do things that promote personal growth and health. Genuine happiness is hard to miss.” PeopleThinkingFeelsTryingMatterHardTogetherGrowthToo MuchFocusMissingPerceptionPersonal GrowthGenuineJust BeingGenuine HappinessPerception Of Others Author:Melanie Iglesias
“I'm not great with breathing, like holding notes. I usually don't. A lot of people wouldn't believe it, but I don't focus on technical stuff.” PeopleBelieveStuffFocusNotesBreathing Author:Jazmine Sullivan
“Some people can work amid chaos or conversations, and some can't - and while there's no doubt an element of brain wiring to it, there's also the possibility of acquiring skills that improve your focus.” PeopleBrainDoubtFocusPossibilitySkillsConversationElementsChaosNo DoubtWiring Author:Carolyn Hax
“Self-actualizing people - highly functioning people who live at extraordinary levels of awareness - train their minds to focus on what they intend to create and what they intend to manifest, and they won't let anybody change their mind.” PeopleMindSelfLevelsFocusAwarenessTrainExtraordinaryManifest Author:Wayne Dyer
“So the difference between most books about love and Love For No Reason is that traditional love books focus on love as a stream of energy between two people, whereas this book focuses on love as a deep state of being that you can live in no matter what's going on in your life.” PeopleTwoBookMatterStatesReasonEnergyDifferencesFocusAnd LoveNo Matter WhatTraditionalStreamsNo Reason Author:Marci Shimoff
“As the first woman to win Album of the Year at the Grammys twice, I want to say to all the young women out there, there are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame.But if you just focus on the work and you don't let those people sidetrack you, someday, when you get where you are going, you will look around and you will know that it was you and the people who love you who put you there. And that will be the greatest feeling in the world. Thank you for this moment.” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldWayWantTryingYearsFirstsLooksMomentsFeelingsYoungWinningFocusLove YouFameAlbumsCreditAccomplishmentSomedayWhere You AreYoung WomenGrammyWhere You Are GoingUndercut Author:Taylor Swift
“My own show with Sterling Ruby, for example, seems like such a huge disconnection from Dior couture, but then I think, yeah, in both collections there was a very strong focus on the human hand and the actual work of people making garments. So in that sense, they were completely related. But I didn't realize that during the process.” PeopleThinkingHumansShowsHandsSeemsStrongProcessRealizingMy OwnFocusExampleHugeYeahRelatedCollectionsVery StrongGarmentsRubiesCoutureDisconnectionSterlingHuman HandsDior Author:Raf Simons
“Companies face a handful of different risks, whether it is competitors or different market environments. But I think that people focus way too much on competitors and not enough on their own execution.” PeopleThinkingWayDifferentEnoughFacesCompanyEnvironmentToo MuchFocusRiskExecutionCompetitorsHandful Author:Mark Zuckerberg
“Usually when I put my focus on the pacing, the plot, the specific characterizations, - it's ironic - but then I actually increase my chances of writing something that moves people because I haven't become too self-conscious of the goal.” PeopleWritingSelfMovingGoalChanceFocusHavensConsciousIncreasePlotIronicSelf ConsciousCharacterizationPacing Author:Christopher Rice
“I can't say the connection is one I've made consciously, but quitting drinking allowed me to be less selfish. My wife would definitely say that one of the major benefits of me quitting drinking is that I have more time and focus for other people.” PeopleMadeI CanFocusWifeBenefitsMajorsConnectionsDrinkingMy WifeSelfishQuittingMore TimeQuit Drinking Author:Andy Daly
“It's a skill that people are born with. Either you're a focuser or you're a multitasky person. I am a full-focus person.” PeoplePersonsBornFocusSkills Author:Jodie Foster
“I don't want to denounce musicals because they certainly have a message they want to communicate. But with straight plays, there is a focus on what's going on between people and relationships. I think so much is happening in the world at the moment, so many changes politically and culturally, writers are writing about that.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantWritingPlayMomentsFocusMessagesHappeningsCommunicate Author:Sean Mahon
“I just find it crazy what people will critique you on, and you have to take it with a grain of salt. I could be curing cancer, and I would be shunned for it. I mean, that's just the truth. People are crazy, but I like to say for every hater I have 100 people that love me and they think it's motivational, so I try to focus on that. But it's sometimes hard, you know?” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingMeanSometimesHardWould BeFocusCrazyCancerSaltGrainCritiqueGrain Of Salt Author:Khloe Kardashian
“I hate that our brains are wired that way. You don't remember the people that raved about us or just said something nice - I don't know why that's not in us to focus on *that*. But I think it takes a conscious effort to train our minds to change that.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayMindSaidRememberHateEffortBrainFocusNiceConsciousI HateTrain Author:Khloe Kardashian
“The time frame and how people treated each other was upsetting, but what's great about this story is that they really focus on the strengths of these people and the strengths of the culture, of who these Americans were. That, actually, is uplifting.” PeopleStoriesCultureFocusTreatedUpliftingUpset Author:Aldis Hodge
“People want you to play the songs they know. I try not to reflect too much, and I don't really like to focus too much on myself.” PeopleKnowsWantTryingPlaySongToo MuchFocus Author:John Darnielle
“When you're touring, it's somehow hard to focus on other things. I know other people can do it, but I really can't.” PeopleKnowsHardCan DoFocusTouring Author:Julia Kent
“Some people think they are concentrating when they're merely worrying.” PeopleThinkingInspirationalSportsWorryFocusConcentrating Author:Bobby Jones
“Let's focus on the funny. ... That's what I'm focused on... This is the gift God gave me. That's what I want to touch in people.” PeopleWantFocusFocused Author:Tracy Morgan
“Too many people focus on the thing, instead of the heavenly glory of it. I don't want to give away what to expect.” PeopleWantGivingFocusGloryHeavenly Author:Tracy Morgan
“So people only focus on getting the really deep sleep, but in reality, we spend almost 60% of the night in the stage two sleep.” PeopleTwoRealityNightSleepFocusStageReally DeepDeep Sleep Author:Shelby Harris
“If there's a lot of fear that's going on, if there's a lot of anxiety, it's manifesting itself in your nocturnal world so that analyzing it can help open up basically thoughts about what you need to do during the day. So a lot of people who subscribe to the psychoanalysis, the Jungian thought will really focus a lot on dreams, the meaning, and how it can be used to help you during the day.” PeopleIfsWorldNeedsHelpingDreamUsedFocusAnxietyManifestPsychoanalysisAnalyzingNocturnal Author:Shelby Harris
“When it is all about winning, once you've done it, you lose interest; stay focus on helping/developing young people as your long-term goal.” PeopleLongDoneHelpingYoungWinningGoalTermInterestLosesLeadershipFocusDevelopingLong TermLong Term Goals Author:Bradford Winters
“People who focus on 'getting better' goals (also known as Personal Bests) as opposed to performance goals have a much better chance of success.” PeopleGoalChanceKnownFocusPerformancesGet BetterInsightful Author:Jill Konrath
“Dialogue is generally the worst choice for exposition. When you're writing lines you need to focus on the way people actually talk. And when we talk to each other we never actually explain our terms. We don't say 'Sweetheart, would you pass me the sugar bowl, which we picked up for a song at that antique stall in Munich.'” PeopleWayNeedsWritingSongChoicesTermLinesFocusWorstDialogueSugarBowlsAntiquesSweetheartMunich Author:Jincy Willett
“The fact of the matter is: when you're doing a project, you try to make it better every moment. And a lot of people get frustrated. But I surrounded myself with a good team of people and I'm really proud of the work we've all done. All I can say is - I've learned this in my business - don't let the process frustrate you; focus on the end. Because the end is pretty wonderful. Just fight it out.” PeopleTryingI CanEndsMatterDoneMomentsFactsFightingProcessFocusWonderfulTeamProudProjectsI've LearnedFrustratedGood Team Author:Jon Taffer
“There's people who watch shows while they're preparing their dinners, and they don't want to focus, and they don't want to be challenged, and whatever. And then there's people who want to really sit down and get into a character in a world, and feel like they're expanding, or they have complex relationships, or whatever.” PeopleWorldWantFeelsCharacterShowsWatchesFocusDown AndComplexesDinnerPreparingExpandingComplex Relationships Author:Rashida Jones
“My prediction is that in the same way that Google is an intent revealing service that can be monetized that way, I would think that if I were at Twitter, I would focus on the search aspect of Twitter, because people are revealing intents when they do a search.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayFocusAspectGooglePredictionsRevealing Author:Jason Kilar
“We should all focus on trying to be compassionate to others at all times, and be as understanding as possible towards people we know are hurting. We should try to be there to lift each other up.” PeopleKnowsShouldTryingUnderstandingHurtFocusAll TimeLiftsCompassionate Author:Avril Lavigne
“If you come face to face with some really challenging situations and tragic circumstances - you are going in there with a purpose. You are not going in there as a tourist. You're not going there just to merely observe. You have a purpose, and your purpose is to tell that story, to share that story for the bigger benefit of millions of other people. Your purpose is to create that bridge so you can give that story the dignity and the focus that it deserves, and you can become a part of the amplification that needs to be there.” PeopleIfsNeedsGivingStoriesFacesPurposeChallengesSituationMillionsFocusShareCircumstancesBenefitsDeserveDignityBiggerBridgesTragicFace To FaceTouristsAmplificationChallenging Situations Author:Annie Lennox
“People like to say, “Well, you’re a celebrity. You should really pick a cause.” I felt that’s like telling a doctor, “Well, you should focus on one area of the body.” Current issues, global issues, political issues, women’s issues—whatever one you want to talk about. It’s systemic, you know?” PeopleKnowsWantShouldWellsBodyPoliticalFeltCausesIssuesFocusPicksAreasDoctorsCurrentsPolitical IssuesGlobal Issues Author:Sophia Bush