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Attention Quotes

"Each pursues his own theory, little solicitous to correct or improve it by an attention to what is advanced by his opponents."

"Each pursues his own theory, little solicitous to correct or improve it by an attention to what is advanced by his opponents."

Thomas Malthus, English Economist

Attention, Opponents, Theory

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"My only real claim to anyone's attention lies in my writing."

"My only real claim to anyone's attention lies in my writing."

Philip Pullman, British Writer

Attention, Lies, Writing

19

"But since we've been fighting for first or second place, it's grabbed the media's attention. I enjoy racing them. They are a good team and when you beat them it's something to be proud of."

"But since we've been fighting for first or second place, it's grabbed the media's attention. I enjoy racing them. They are a good team and when you beat them it's something to be proud of."

Larry Dixon, American Politician

Attention, Fighting, First, Media

19

"I've been with certain stars; some are caring and pay attention to their fans and to their fellow performers and some are too busy. Elvis never seemed too busy."

"I've been with certain stars; some are caring and pay attention to their fans and to their fellow performers and some are too busy. Elvis never seemed too busy."

Minnie Pearl, American Musician

Attention, Caring, Fans, Stars

19

"The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail."

"The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail."

Charles R. Swindoll, American Clergyman

Attention, Detail, Difference

19

"The person upon whom the schoolboys' attention centred was, of course, the Headmaster."

"The person upon whom the schoolboys' attention centred was, of course, the Headmaster."

Georg Brandes, Danish Critic

19

"After some minor pieces of theoretical study that I worked on, a student in my statistical mechanics class brought to my attention a problem in polyelectrolytes."

"After some minor pieces of theoretical study that I worked on, a student in my statistical mechanics class brought to my attention a problem in polyelectrolytes."

Rudolph A. Marcus, Canadian Scientist

Attention, Class, Study

19

"Never pay the slightest attention to what a company president ever says about his stock."

"Never pay the slightest attention to what a company president ever says about his stock."

Bernard Baruch, American Businessman

Attention, Company, President

19

"Most TV shows don't reward you for paying attention."

"Most TV shows don't reward you for paying attention."

Matt Groening, American Cartoonist

Attention, Reward

18

"Female television viewers paid attention to Catherine Gale."

"Female television viewers paid attention to Catherine Gale."

Honor Blackman, British Actress

Attention, Television

18

"Attention is the way social primates measure status. It is highly rewarding because it causes the release of brain chemicals such as dopamine and endorphins."

"Attention is the way social primates measure status. It is highly rewarding because it causes the release of brain chemicals such as dopamine and endorphins."

Keith Henson, American Scientist

Attention, Causes, Measure

18

"The audience only pays attention as long as you know where you are going."

"The audience only pays attention as long as you know where you are going."

Phil Crosby, American Author

18

"You know, it's been proven that 35 to 40 hours a year with one-on-one attention, a student can get one grade level higher."

"You know, it's been proven that 35 to 40 hours a year with one-on-one attention, a student can get one grade level higher."

Dave Eggers, American Writer

18

"There's a danger of the Internet just becoming loud, ugly and boring with a thousand voices screaming for attention."

"There's a danger of the Internet just becoming loud, ugly and boring with a thousand voices screaming for attention."

Matt Drudge, American Celebrity

Attention, Danger, Internet, Ugly

18

"You can't really tell what the audience wants but you can tell what will keep everybodies attention in the same place."

"You can't really tell what the audience wants but you can tell what will keep everybodies attention in the same place."

Leo Kottke, American Musician

Attention, Will

18

"Don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them."

"Don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them."

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

17

"To have the recognition of your colleagues is great. The public attention is a mixed blessing."

"To have the recognition of your colleagues is great. The public attention is a mixed blessing."

Joshua Lederberg, American Scientist

Attention, Public

17

"Nothing in medicine is so insignificant as to merit attention."

"Nothing in medicine is so insignificant as to merit attention."

Thomas Sydenham, English Scientist

Attention, Medicine, Merit, Nothing

17

"You've had some terrific print information that gets everybody's attention in this town."

"You've had some terrific print information that gets everybody's attention in this town."

Charlie Norwood, American Politician

Attention, Information

17

"Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention."

"Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention."

Douglas Horton, American Clergyman

Attention, Chance, Desperation, Wrong

17

"When you think about advertisements, it makes sense that they want to hold and retain our attention."

"When you think about advertisements, it makes sense that they want to hold and retain our attention."

Allen Klein, American Businessman

Attention, Sense, Want

17

"It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers."

"It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers."

Lascelles Abercrombie, British Poet

17

"Boy, you gotta be real sick to get this much attention."

"Boy, you gotta be real sick to get this much attention."

Michael Landon, American Actor

17

"I've been accustomed to being famous and having a certain level of attention for 14 years, but in the last few months, it's changed. It's like on the arcade game, I've gone up to the next level."

"I've been accustomed to being famous and having a certain level of attention for 14 years, but in the last few months, it's changed. It's like on the arcade game, I've gone up to the next level."

Kylie Minogue, Australian Musician

Attention, Being, Famous, Months

17

"You have to give the press confrontations. When you give them confrontations, you get attention; when you get attention, you can educate."

"You have to give the press confrontations. When you give them confrontations, you get attention; when you get attention, you can educate."

Newt Gingrich, American Politician

Attention, Press

17

"They cannot count on the press and they cannot count on Congressional committees to bring the problems of the scientific community to their own attention, or to police the scientific community."

"They cannot count on the press and they cannot count on Congressional committees to bring the problems of the scientific community to their own attention, or to police the scientific community."

Serge Lang, American Mathematician

Attention, Community, Police, Press

17

"My head was always bubbling over with facts and it seems to me this had little to do with my paying close attention in school and more to do with my voracious and omnivorous reading habits."

"My head was always bubbling over with facts and it seems to me this had little to do with my paying close attention in school and more to do with my voracious and omnivorous reading habits."

Eric Allin Cornell, American Physicist

Attention, Facts, Habits, Reading

17

"Telling lies and showing off to get attention are mistakes I made that I don't want my kids to make."

"Telling lies and showing off to get attention are mistakes I made that I don't want my kids to make."

Jane Fonda, American Actress

Attention, Kids, Lies, Mistakes

16

"At times, it was an incredible blessing to have all the attention; at times it was a logistical nightmare."

"At times, it was an incredible blessing to have all the attention; at times it was a logistical nightmare."

Rocco DiSpirito, American Celebrity

16

"Oh yes, technique has definitely advanced. But you never advance without losing something en passant, and you lose it because you're paying so much attention to the new thing."

"Oh yes, technique has definitely advanced. But you never advance without losing something en passant, and you lose it because you're paying so much attention to the new thing."

Ninette de Valois, Irish Dancer

Attention, Losing

16

"Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory."

"Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory."

Richard Whately, English Writer

Attention, Curiosity, Memory

16

"I don't want to be the center of attention. My posture has changed. I walk with my head down and shoulders slumped. Suddenly I carry myself as if I'm ashamed of something."

"I don't want to be the center of attention. My posture has changed. I walk with my head down and shoulders slumped. Suddenly I carry myself as if I'm ashamed of something."

Randy Harrison, American Actor

Attention, Want

16

"Very often the law of extremity demands an attention to irrelevance."

"Very often the law of extremity demands an attention to irrelevance."

Janet Frame, New Zealander Novelist

Attention, Law, Newzealander

16

"I was always the kid in school who tried to get attention, not necessarily the class clown, but I'd do little unexpected performances."

"I was always the kid in school who tried to get attention, not necessarily the class clown, but I'd do little unexpected performances."

Leonardo DiCaprio, American Actor

Attention, Class, School

16

"And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very well."

"And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very well."

Scott Hamilton, American Athlete

Attention, Fact

16

"The SSRC committee turned attention from team research for building a model of the United States to doing one for world trade in order to investigate the international transmission mechanism."

"The SSRC committee turned attention from team research for building a model of the United States to doing one for world trade in order to investigate the international transmission mechanism."

Lawrence R. Klein, American Economist

Attention, Building, Committee, Order

16

"In many ways, when you're young and sexy, it's very annoying to be whistled at and to have someone always trying to attract your attention, but now when it happens I find myself registering the fact almost warmly."

"In many ways, when you're young and sexy, it's very annoying to be whistled at and to have someone always trying to attract your attention, but now when it happens I find myself registering the fact almost warmly."

Greta Scacchi, Italian Actress

Attention, Fact, Now, Trying

16

"Then you start another book and suddenly the galley proofs of the last one come in and you have to wrench your attention away from what you're writing and try to remember what you were thinking when you wrote the previous one."

"Then you start another book and suddenly the galley proofs of the last one come in and you have to wrench your attention away from what you're writing and try to remember what you were thinking when you wrote the previous one."

Bernard Cornwell, British Novelist

Attention, Thinking, Writing

16

"What was a problem was the excessive amount of media attention to the appointment of the first woman and everything she did. Everywhere that Sandra went, the press was sure to go. And that got tiresome; it was stressful."

"What was a problem was the excessive amount of media attention to the appointment of the first woman and everything she did. Everywhere that Sandra went, the press was sure to go. And that got tiresome; it was stressful."

Sandra Day O'Connor, American Judge

Attention, First, Media, Press

16

"Order is never observed; it is disorder that attracts attention because it is awkward and intrusive."

"Order is never observed; it is disorder that attracts attention because it is awkward and intrusive."

Eliphas Levi, French Author

Attention, Disorder

15

"We're not paying attention to the fact that Hillary Clinton is running in 2006. Everyone is looking to her for the future. It's the same with anybody else who's positioning themselves."

"We're not paying attention to the fact that Hillary Clinton is running in 2006. Everyone is looking to her for the future. It's the same with anybody else who's positioning themselves."

Gwen Ifill, American Journalist

Attention, Fact, Future, Running

15

"It's quite hard for me being an actress because I actually don't like attention."

"It's quite hard for me being an actress because I actually don't like attention."

Julie Christie, British Actress

Attention, Being

15

"A lot of the stories are internal. They leak it to me wanting to get attention, wanting to get that headline. More times than not, I will not give it to them."

"A lot of the stories are internal. They leak it to me wanting to get attention, wanting to get that headline. More times than not, I will not give it to them."

Matt Drudge, American Celebrity

Attention, Will

15

"Well, I mean, we are developing the other parts, and we can't give quite all our attention to the upper part, but soon the lower parts will be developed, and the upper part and the lower part will become partners, that will be wonderful."

"Well, I mean, we are developing the other parts, and we can't give quite all our attention to the upper part, but soon the lower parts will be developed, and the upper part and the lower part will become partners, that will be wonderful."

Ninette de Valois, Irish Dancer

Attention, Will

15

"All camps are hard, that's what they're intended to be. They make you focus when you're tired, when you don't feel like doing things, and to see how long you can retain and pay attention."

"All camps are hard, that's what they're intended to be. They make you focus when you're tired, when you don't feel like doing things, and to see how long you can retain and pay attention."

Michael Strahan, American Athlete

Attention, Focus

15

"We've lost something that's been with us for so long, and something that drew a lot of us into mathematics. But perhaps that's always the way with math problems, and we just have to find new ones to capture our attention."

"We've lost something that's been with us for so long, and something that drew a lot of us into mathematics. But perhaps that's always the way with math problems, and we just have to find new ones to capture our attention."

Andrew Wiles, English Mathematician

Attention, Mathematics, Problems

15

"If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance."

"If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance."

Margery Allingham, English Writer

15

"Jim and I are still receiving surgical attention, and will be the remainder of our lives."

"Jim and I are still receiving surgical attention, and will be the remainder of our lives."

Cole Younger, American Criminal

Attention, Will

15

"The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention."

"The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention."

Flannery O'Connor, American Author

Attention, Nothing, Writer

15

"The individual couldn't find any attention in Italy."

"The individual couldn't find any attention in Italy."

Emma Bonino, Italian Politician

Attention, Italy

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