Whatever position I occupied, it was the result of colleagues – of my comrades in the movement – who had decided in their wisdom to use me for the purpose of focusing the attention of the country and the international community on me.
Nelson MandelaI don’t really read a lot of newspapers. I don’t pay attention to what is being said or written about me. I’ve had lots of experiences in the past when I got too much into it. That sort of diverts your focus.
Virat KohliKids are watching us. I experience it every single day. They hang on my every word, what I wear, what I say.
Michelle ObamaOne thing I’ve always loved about the culture at Microsoft is there is nobody who is tougher on us, in terms of what we need to learn and do better, than the people in the company itself. You can walk down these halls, and they’ll tell you, ‚We need to do usability better, push this or that frontier.‘
Bill GatesI have the habit of attention to such excess, that my senses get no rest – but suffer from a constant strain.
Henry David ThoreauI was always making my friends laugh, but I never wanted the attention of the whole classroom.
Steven WrightI love the attention but I don’t like too much of it.
EminemThere are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated.
Charles DickensPay attention, don’t let life go by you. Fall in love with the back of your cereal box.
Jerry SeinfeldOh, I’ve always been very… Emotional. ‚Hypersensitive‘ is what they call it, I think.
AuroraConsidering their impact, you might expect mosquitoes to get more attention than they do. Sharks kill fewer than a dozen people every year, and in the U.S. they get a week dedicated to them on TV every year.
Bill GatesI think ‚Dirty Harry‘ was probably sensitive toward the victims of violent crime.
Clint EastwoodThe simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.
Keanu ReevesIn the normal flow of a conversation, our attention is divided. We hear parts of what other people are saying, in order to follow and keep the conversation going. At the same time, we’re planning what we’ll say next, some exciting story of our own.
Robert GreeneThe true art of memory is the art of attention.
Samuel JohnsonAs social animals we humans are very sensitive to our rank and position within any group. We can measure our status by the attention and respect we receive.
Robert GreeneThe point about melody and beat and lyric is that they exist to engage you in a very particular way. They want to occupy your attention.
Brian EnoI love people talking about me; I love anybody just looking at me.
Billie EilishDo not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThere isn’t any formula or method. You learn to love by loving – by paying attention and doing what one thereby discovers has to be done.
Aldous HuxleyWhen we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely – the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears – when you give your whole attention to it.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiBehold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaThis is the first age that’s ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.
Arthur C. ClarkeAll I can say is I am sensitive to discrimination on any basis because I have experienced that upset.
Ruth Bader GinsburgAn actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on his violin?
Marilyn MonroeThought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.
Eckhart TolleWhen you have good friends you’ve been around, every time they talk, you don’t give them your full attention. You don’t look them in the eye and stop. Half the time, you’re listening, half the time, you are ignoring them.
Matthew McConaugheyThose parts of history that would undermine the vision of the Left – which prevails in our education system from elementary school to postgraduate study – are not likely to get much attention.
Thomas SowellThe sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a strange inversion.
Blaise PascalThe country has come a long way in race relations, but the pendulum swings so far back. Everyone wants to be so sensitive.
Clint EastwoodI have a form of Parkinson’s disease, which I don’t like. My legs don’t move when my brain tells them to. It’s very frustrating.
George H. W. BushSome like to think that a keen appreciation of art can actually make us better people – more just, more moral, more sensitive, more understanding. Perhaps that is true – in certain rare, isolated cases.
Paul AusterMeditation is a state of mind which looks at everything with complete attention, totally, not just parts of it. And no one can teach you how to be attentive. If any system teaches you how to be attentive, then you are attentive to the system, and that is not attention.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiA mother defends herself with a heart filled with love before doing so with words. I wonder whether there is any love for the church in the hearts of those who pay so much attention to the scandals.
Pope FrancisI’ve always felt like there was a lot of hype around me even when there wasn’t. I felt like everyone was talking about me even when no one was talking about me.
Conor McGregorWithout exercise, I don’t feel like my head works right.
Matthew McConaugheyGive whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
Jim RohnHow is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god.
Alan WattsSocial media can be very effective in creating movements. In the beginning, that is how I first got attention.
Greta ThunbergWe cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.
Alan WattsI don’t have time to be lonely. And I get fearful of relationships because I feel guilty about wanting someone to be completely faithful and loyal, when I can’t even give them 10 percent of the attention that they need. It’s just the reality of my time, my life, my schedule.
RihannaMusicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when you’re listening to a record. Your attention is more relaxed. The emotional aspect is more important in live music.
Brian EnoI’m very sensitive. I remember, as a kid at school, if someone in the classroom was sad or angry, it could have a great impact on me.
AuroraI think some of my colleagues‘ spicier lines are distracting. They draw attention away from what the justice is trying to say.
Ruth Bader GinsburgWhen the people we love stop paying attention, trust begins to slip away and hurt starts seeping in.
Brene BrownThere is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
Oscar WildeOccasionally I’ve seen children become heavy-handed and insensitive when dealing with their aging parents, and it only caused resentment and hard feelings.
Billy GrahamI am not a particularly thick-skinned person.
J. K. RowlingThe postman wants an autograph. The cab driver wants a picture. The waitress wants a handshake. Everyone wants a piece of you.
John LennonAn actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument.
Marilyn MonroeSuccess in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.
Booker T. WashingtonIn this business you have to develop a thick skin, but I’m always going to feel everything. It’s my nature.
Taylor SwiftNever ask anyone over 70 how they feel. They’ll tell you.
George H. W. BushIf a subject excites us, if it stirs our deepest curiosity, or if we have to learn because the stakes are high, we pay much more attention. What we absorb sinks in.
Robert GreeneOnce people are aware of your presence, and perhaps vaguely intrigued, you need to stir their interest before it settles on someone else.
Robert GreeneI’m not generally a sensitive person, but I tend to be more sensitive toward others and what they’re going through. I don’t know if that’s the healthiest thing, but it’s the truth.
RihannaIt is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.
Henry David ThoreauGuys need attention. They need that nourishment, that little stroke of the ego that gets them by every now and then.
RihannaYounger scientists are extremely sensitive to the moral implications of all they do.
Kurt VonnegutI cry very easily. It can be a movie, a phone conversation, a sunset – tears are words waiting to be written.
Paulo Coelho