“Beauty is there to be noticed. Too often it is taken for granted because we are moving too fast to let it in and allow it to deliver its message in us. We need to pay attention. To show indifference to beauty is an insult to its Creator.” NeedsShowsMovingPayAttentionBeautyTakenMessagesCreatorGrantedPay AttentionIndifferenceInsultTaken For Granted Author:Luci Shaw
“Ambient awareness is the experience of knowing what's going on in the lives of other people - what they're thinking about, what they're doing, what they're looking at - by paying attention to the small stray status messages that people are putting online. We're now able to stitch together these fantastic details and mental maps of what is going on in other people's lives.” PeopleThinkingAbleTogetherAttentionKnowingAwarenessMessagesDetailsFantasticPay AttentionOnlineMapsLives Of OthersStitchesAmbient Author:Clive Thompson
“Attention for children is so much about input, and the brain can only filter so much - I don't know how many millions of messages that come through the brain, and we can only filter so much through it.” KnowsChildrenAttentionBrainMillionsKnow HowMessagesFiltersInput Author:Goldie
“If you want to get something done, there is always an alternate route other than cursing somebody and belittling them. There's always an alternate route. If you want to get any message across. Everybody has an opinion, and everybody has their own way of doing things, but the bottom line is that when you affect someone else, you should pay closer attention to how you treat people.” PeopleIfsWayWantShouldDoneLinesPayAttentionOpinionMessagesTreatsBottomRoutesBottom LineCursingBelittle Author:Ray Lewis
“Television, radio, social media. The 24/7 news cycle plows forward mercilessly on our desks, in our cars and in our pockets. Thousands and thousands of messages and voices bombard us from the moment we wake, fighting for our attention. All we see and hear, all day long, is news. And most of it is bad.” LongMomentsFightingSocialVoiceAttentionMediaCarTelevisionMessagesNewsRadioSocial MediaPocketsCyclesDesks Author:Joseph Prince
“I think actually the marketing community is approaching a crisis: There are just too many messages competing for too little attention. That is the fundamental problem.” ThinkingLittlesProblemCommunityAttentionMessagesCrisisFundamentalsMarketingCompeting Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“Typical reaction to scrutiny: attack and mock messenger and message, minimize the problem, hope attention dies down.” ProblemDiesAttentionMessagesReactionsTypicalMockMessengersScrutiny Author:Anat R. Admati
“Double-check your voice mail message. Listen to your on-hold words and music. Write welcoming scripts for your telephone team. Pay attention to the music in your office and lobby areas. Make sure what your customers hear sounds good.” WritingCultureSoundVoicePayAttentionTeamOfficeMessagesAreasScriptsCustomersChecksWelcomePay AttentionMailTelephonesService CultureWords And Music Author:Ron Kaufman
“I do not believe in meaningless coincidences. I believe every coincidence is a message, a clue about a particular facet of our lives that requires our attention.” BelieveI BelieveAttentionOur LivesParticularMessagesMeaninglessBelieve In MeCoincidenceClueFacets Author:Deepak Chopra
“The most important thing I have to say to you today is that hair matters. Your hair will send significant messages to those around you: what hopes and dreams you have for the world, but more, what hopes and dreams you have for your hair. Pay attention to your hair, because everyone else will.” WorldImportantMatterDreamTodayPayAttentionHairMessagesImportant ThingsSignificantPay AttentionHopes And DreamsDreams You Have Author:Hillary Clinton
“I don't pay attention. I don't read stuff or message boards because you definitely get affected. You can read a hundred great comments, amazing comments, and have one bad one and that is all you can focus on and it wrecks your day. It says something about negativity and how it draws us somehow.” StuffPayAttentionFocusMessagesDrawsHundredPay AttentionBoardsAffectedCommentNegativityWrecks Author:Joan Jett
“Susan Wojcicki at Google makes a point to leave the office at 6 P.M. After 9 P.M. she gets back online to handle any pressing work issues that need her attention. She told us she hopes that sends a message to all parents that it's OK to spend time away from the office. All the women we spoke to on the show use technology in a similar way. They are very clear that they don't need to be chained to a desk. They can take time out of their work day to be with their families.” WayNeedsUseShowsParentAttentionTechnologyIssuesClearOfficeMessagesHandleOnlineSpokesGet BackTake TimeGoogleDesksEnd TimesSpend TimeChainedTime AwayWork Day Author:Willow Bay
“The cross is a very powerful symbol and it symbolizes suffering, but it also is connected to a person who was loving and sharing and his message was about unconditional love. I tried to take a powerful image and use it to draw attention to a situation that needs attention. For me, we all need to be Jesus in our time. Jesus' message was to love your neighbor as yourself and these are people in need.” PeopleNeedsPersonsUseSufferingJesusPowerfulAttentionSituationLove YouMessagesDrawsCrossesConnectedNeighborSymbolsOur TimeUnconditional LoveUnconditionalVery PowerfulLove Your NeighborLove Your Neighbor As Yourself Author:Madonna Ciccone
“A lot of people try to use sarcasm to flirt, and it tends not to read well. Most people who are successful at flirting do so via instant message instead of email. The best way to flirt is to care deeply about whatever your date is saying and to focus all of your attention on him or her. Ask thoughtful questions. Take a keen interest in the conversation. Be enthusiastic.” PeopleWayTryingWellsUseCareAsksInterestAttentionSuccessfulFocusConversationMessagesBest WayInstantThoughtfulSarcasmFlirtingEmailEnthusiastic Author:Amy Webb
“Yeah, I was a brother on the streets of Compton doing a lot of things most people look down on but it did pay off. Then we started rapping about real stuff that shook up the LAPD and the FBI. But we got our message across big time, and everyone in America started paying attention to the boys in the hood.” PeopleLooksRealBigsAmericaStuffPayAttentionBoysStreetsBrotherMessagesYeahRapPay AttentionFbiHoodComptonReal StuffLapd Author:Eazy-E
“I wasn't paying enough attention to what my heart was telling me. When I paid attention and got the message, I could move forward and heal.” HeartEnoughMovingAttentionMy HeartMessagesPaidHealMoving Forward Author:Tom Shadyac
“There's more attention paid to entertainers than ever and less that they have to say. Not that entertainers were ever a great beacon of knowledge to begin with, but at least when the Beatles were the leaders of the culture, they had a message. It was brief; it wasn't terribly complicated. "Give Peace a Chance." "All You Need is Love." But at least they were trying. At least they had grown.” NeedsGivingTryingCultureChanceAttentionLeaderMessagesPaidComplicatedEntertainersBeaconsLove Is All You Need Author:Bill Maher
“I had the total attention of both my parents, and was secure in the knowledge of being loved ... My memories of falling asleep at night are to the comfortable sound of my parents' voices, voices which conveyed in their tones the message that these two people loved and trusted one another.” PeopleTwoNightFallParentSoundVoiceMemoriesAttentionComfortableMessagesSecureToneTrustedBeing LovedFalling Asleep Author:Jill Ker Conway
“I wouldn't say that the efforts of academics to critique the media's messages are "half-hearted." As far as I am aware, the efforts scarcely exist: very few even pay attention to the question.” EffortPayAttentionHalfMediaMessagesPay AttentionHeartedCritiqueHalf Hearted Author:Noam Chomsky
“God did everything necessary to get Herod's attention. He sent messengers from the East and a message from the Torah. He sent wonders from the sky and words from Scripture. He sent the testimony of the heavens and the teaching of the prophets. But Herod refused to listen. He chose his puny dynasty over Christ. He died a miserable old man.” MenHeavenChristAttentionWonderSkyTeachingMessagesDiedEastScriptureMiserableProphetOld ManTestimonyMessengersDynastyTorahHerod Author:Max Lucado
“When you are dealing with a mass movement, as opposed to a quote-unquote "elite," you are talking to people who don't have time to read long research papers. You have to communicate with them in sound bites, around every other thing they are doing. So it takes a long time to shift people from one message to the next, especially if your foundational narrative was, "The only one thing in the entire world you should be paying attention to is Darfur."” PeopleIfsWorldShouldLongNextSoundAttentionTalkingOne ThingMovementPaperMessagesMassLong TimeResearchCommunicatePay AttentionNarrativeBitesElitesPapersSound BitesDarfur Author:Rebecca Hamilton
“A long time ago, Trinity and I made a list of types of guys you should never date. We add to it every now and then. It includes things like never date a guy whose computer costs more than his car (you'll never get him to pay attention to you except over instant messages), never date a guy who has a pet lizard (he's probably into weird stuff in bed) and never under any circumstances go on a second date with a guy who says the word "married" on the first date (he'll turn out to be a mama's boy or a religious type)” ShouldFirstsLongMadeGuyTurnsStuffReligiousPayAttentionBoysCarTypeGoes OnCircumstancesCostBedComputerMarriedMessagesLong TimeAddListsPay AttentionInstantPetNow And ThenLong Time AgoMamaTrinityLizardsFirst DateType Of GuyWeird StuffMama's Boy Book:I Kissed a Zombie, and I Liked It Source: I Kissed a Zombie, and I Liked It
“You don't read it in the sense of reading a message; it doesn't work like that. What's happening is that the Shadows are responding to the attention you pay them.” ReadingPayAttentionMessagesHappeningsShadowResponding Book:The subtle knife Source: The subtle knife