Quotes of: Life-span Keyword

A fellow with the inventiveness of Albert Einstein but with the attention span of Daffy Duck.

Tom Shales

I would never have been a good scientist - my attention span was too short for that.

Octavia Butler

I'm not someone who has a lengthy attention span, and that applies to my exercise routine as well.

Jai Courtney

The media, the polls and our legislatures fortunately have short attention spans.

John Gutfreund

Music has no limits of a life-span.

The Quotable Gordimer; or, The Wit and Wisdom of Nadine Gordimer

The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span.

Karl Kraus

The gods do not deduct from marls allotted span the hours spent fishing.

Babylonian

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.

Michael Morpurgo

I have the attention span of a mosquito from multitasking and all the things that have affected my poor little brain.

Ian Somerhalder

Generally, older people in their fifties, sixties, and seventies are running most countries and are CEOs of corporations. Which isn't to say there aren't entrepreneurs, but if the young were better in every respect, there'd be no reason for the old. ...

Cynthia Kenyon

We do as much harm holding onto programs and people past their natural life span as we do when we employ massive organizational air strikes. However, destroying comes at the end of life's cycle, not as a first response.

Margaret J. Wheatley

It's possible that we could change a human gene and double our life span. I don't know if that's true, but we can't rule that out.

Cynthia Kenyon

A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything.

Ray Stannard Baker

I like the normal things of life: I like the Mets, and the Celtics, and the N.Y. Rangers. I like to watch C-Span; I love Costco.

Robert Morse

Did you know that for pretty much the entire history of human species, the average life span was less than thirty years? You could count on ten years or so of real adulthood, right? There was no planning for retirement. There was no planning for a ca...

Paper Towns

These days. Most of us have the attention span of a meth-addicted squirrel.

Rise of the Machines--Human Authors in a Digital World

Ik heb altijd gevonden dat lichaamsbeweging niet alleen de sleutel is tot fysieke gezondheid, maar ook tot gemoedsrust. [...] Lichaamsbeweging verdrijft spanning en spanning is de vijand van sereniteit.

Long Walk to Freedom

The reader is someone with an attention span of about 30 seconds.

On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

Our love is perfect. And even though we may not be, our love creates a bridge that spans over our imperfections and joins us where it matters.

Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cou...

Ingrid Newkirk

Dogs have such short life spans, it's like a concentrated version of a human life. When they get older, they become much more like our mothers. They wait for us, watch out for us, are completely fascinated by everything we do.

Caroline Knapp