Quotes with short-attention

Quotes 81 till 100 of 510.

  • Socrates Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.
    Socrates
    Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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  • Bjorn Ulvaeus Before the Beatles, songwriters were very anonymous people and nobody paid any attention to them.
    Bjorn Ulvaeus
    Swedish songwriter, producer, member of ABBA (1945 - )
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  • Arnold Bennett Being a husband is a whole-time job. That is why so many husbands fail. They cannot give their entire attention to it.
    Arnold Bennett
    British novelist (1867 - 1931)
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  • Bernie S. Siegel Being a survivor doesn't mean being strong - it's telling people when you need a meal or a ride, company, whatever. It's paying attention to heart wisdom, feelings, not living a role, but having a unique, authentic life, having something to contribute, finding time to love and laugh. All these things are qualities of survivors.
    Bernie S. Siegel
    American writer and pediatric surgeon (1932 - )
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  • Bud Grant Being cold for a short period of time is not life-threatening. You can perform a task when you're cold. We proved that when the Vikings played outside.
    Bud Grant
    American football coach and player (1927 - )
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  • Audre Lorde Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to recognize and move upon our common interests.
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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  • Beatrice Dalle But I've always attracted attention, it's true, ever since I was very young.
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  • Barney Frank But on those occasions when I do strongly disagree with the Democrats and I don't say anything, I think I forfeit my right to have people pay attention to me when I say the things that I don't like about what Republicans are saying.
    Barney Frank
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Bruce Springsteen But the star thing I can live with. The music I can't live without. And that's how it lays out for me, you know. I got as big an ego and enjoy the attention.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Bobby McFerrin But, if there's any aspect of my career that needs attention, it's writing.
    Bobby McFerrin
    American jazz vocalist (1950 - )
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  • Robert Cialdini By concentrating our attention on the effect rather than the causes, we can avoid the laborious, nearly impossible task of trying to detect and deflect the many psychological influences on liking.
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  • Bob Newhart Comedians are never really on vacation because you're always at attention... that antenna is always out there.
    Bob Newhart
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1929 - )
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  • Paul J. Meyer Construct your Determination with Sustained Effort, Controlled Attention, and Concentrated Energy. opportunities never come to those who wait... they are captured by those who dare to attack.
    Paul J. Meyer
    American businessman and business consultant (1928 - )
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  • Thomas De Quincey Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures.
    Thomas De Quincey
    British writer (1785 - 1859)
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  • Richard Whately Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.
    Richard Whately
    British writer (1787 - 1863)
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  • Thomas Hobbes Desire to know why, and how - curiosity, which is a lust of the mind, that a perseverance of delight in the continued and indefatigable generation of knowledge - exceedeth the short vehemence of any carnal pleasure.
    Thomas Hobbes
    British philosopher (1588 - 1679)
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  • A. Alvarez Despair, in short, seeks its own environment as surely as water finds its own level.
    A. Alvarez
    English poet, novelist, essayist and critic (1929 - 2019)
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  • Doug Horton Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention.
    Doug Horton
    American Protestant clergyman
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  • Barry Ritholtz Despite all the media coverage, glitz and glam of hedge funds, they have not done well for their investors. They have high - some say excessively high - fees; their short- and long-term performance has been poor.
    Barry Ritholtz
    American author and newspaper columnist
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  • Barbara Kruger Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's because I understand short attention spans.
    Barbara Kruger
    American artist (1945 - )
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