“The only way to grab the attention of the audience is originality. We feed ourselves with franchises that's the opposite of what makes our culture multidimensional and interesting.” WayCultureInterestingAttentionAudienceOppositesOriginality Author:Ron Perlman
“What ignited the rocket that sent you up into the vast regions of comedy, and why? I would say, for me, that philosophical treatise about having black beginnings and wanting love to compensate for that, wanting audiences and wanting attention - I say, "Au contraire." Completely opposite. I want the continuation of my mother's incredible love and attention to me.” WantMotherBlackAttentionAudienceComedyOppositesPhilosophicalIncrediblesRegionsRocketsContinuation Author:Mel Brooks
“We must never put our dreams of success as God's purpose for us; His purpose may be exactly the opposite. His purpose is that I depend on HIM and in HIS power NOW. His end is the process. It is the process, not the end, which is glorifying to God....His purpose is for this minute, not for something in the future. We have nothing to do with the 'afterwards' of obedience. If we have a further end in view, we do not pay sufficient attention to the immediate present; if we realize that obedience is the end, then each moment as it comes is precious.” IfsMayEndsMomentsDreamPurposeProcessRealizingViewsPayAttentionMinutesDependsOppositesObedienceSufficientOur Dreams Author:Oswald Chambers
“If there's a distinction between men and women, I don't pay attention to it. Honestly, I don't see it. I think all of us are part feminine and part masculine. I'm sure sociologists can come up with distinctions about what's different between men and women, but for every example you can give about what a woman does, you can come up with an opposite example of other women who don't do that. Those are more artificial distinctions, I think.” IfsThinkingMenGivingDoeDifferentPayAttentionExampleMen And WomenOppositesCome UpHonestlyPay AttentionDistinctionFeminineArtificialMasculineSociologists Author:Wayne Dyer
“The interest of [businessmen] is always in some respects different from, and even opposite to, that of the public ... The proposal of any new law or regulation of commerce which comes from this order ... ought never to be adopted, till after having been long and carefully examined ... with the most suspicious attention. It comes from an order of men ... who have generally an interest to deceive and even oppress the public.” MenLongDifferentLawOrderInterestAttentionOughtOppositesRegulationDeceivingCommerceBusinessmanAdoptedSuspiciousProposalWealth Of Nations Author:Adam Smith
“When I got the job I thought about her a lot. Not only was I getting a great job in a really good movie, but it was with Lindsay Lohan. She's so famous and I don't have any of that, I have never experienced that kind of intense scrutiny that she's under, so of course I wondered what it would be like acting opposite her. I can tell you that it's like being with The Beatles. You cannot fathom the kind of attention she gets. It's mind boogling.” MindKindI CanWould BeJobsCoursesActingAttentionOppositesIntenseScrutinyGood MovieGreat JobFathomReally Good Movie Author:Chris Pine
“For many of us, the opposite of talking isn't listening. It's waiting. When others speak, we typically divide our attention between what they're saying now and what we're going to say next - and end up doing a mediocre job at both.” EndsJobsNextSpeakWaitingAttentionTalkingListeningOppositesDividesMediocre Book:To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others Source: To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others
“Upon my arrival in the United States the religious aspect of the country was the first thing that struck my attention; and the longer I stayed there, the more I perceived the great political consequences resulting from this new state of things. In France, I had almost always seen the spirit of religion and the spirit of freedom marching in opposite directions. But in America I found they were intimately united and that they reigned in common over the same country.” FirstsCountryStatesAmericaPoliticalSpiritFoundReligiousUnitedCommonAttentionUnited StatesConsequenceAspectOppositesFranceArrivalsGreat Political Book:Democracy In America -- Vol. 1 Source: Democracy In America -- Vol. 1
“Elie Wiesel says that the greatest evil in the world is not anger or hatred, but indifference. If that is true, then the opposite is also true: that the greatest love we can show our children is the attention we pay them, the time we take for them. Maybe we serve children the best simply by noticing them.” IfsWorldChildrenShowsEvilPayAttentionHatredOppositesOur ChildrenIndifferenceNoticingGreatest Love Author:Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Reading is everything. Reading makes me feel like I've accomplished something, learned something, become a better person. Reading makes me smarter. Reading gives me something to talk about later on. Reading is the unbelievably healthy way my attention deficit disorder medicates itself. Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it's a way of making contact with someone else's imagination after a day that's all too real. Reading is grist. Reading is bliss.” WayGivingFeelsPersonsBookRealRealityReadingImaginationAttentionHealthyOppositesGive MeContactBlissAccomplishedDisorderSmarterDeficitBetter PersonAttention Deficit DisorderToo Real Author:Nora Ephron
“Accept ignorance; pay more attention to the question than the answer; never be afraid to go in the opposite direction.” AnswersPayAttentionAcceptingIgnoranceOpposites Author:Richard Saul Wurman
“I dont mind if somebody comes up to me and shakes my hand, but if Im in the middle of a restaurant and somebody asks me for a picture, I can be a jerk and say no, or I can say yes and draw more attention to myself, which is exactly the opposite of what I want.” IfsWantMindI CanHandsAsksAttentionMiddleDrawsOppositesCome UpAsk MeRestaurantsShakesJerk Author:Macaulay Culkin