Quotes of: Short-attention-span Keyword

I don't think people really do listen. We plug into music, and we have short attention spans. We tend to download individual tracks from iTunes rather than a whole album. We buy music DVDs and watch them once, and then they disappear into a drawer, o...

Ian Anderson

In '77 there was no Internet, there was no Twitter or Facebook, and I think that, without being some old git who hates anything new, people's attention spans are too short. Back then you had 'Top Of The Pops' and 'Melody Maker,' and you had to make t...

Steve Jones

Fear is a very explosive emotion, but it has a short life span. It's the sprint. The marathon is hope.

Mike Huckabee

The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters.

Mary Astell

Baby toys were left at my door. Either someone’s trying to get my attention, or I have the attention span of an infant.

This Book Has No Title

Life is short. If you doubt me, ask a butterfly. Their average life span is a mere five to fourteen days.

The Funny Thing Is...

Q: What is wrong with the world? A: Everybody pays attention to pictures of things. Nobody pays attention to things themselves.

While Mortals Sleep: Unpublished Short Fiction

To be clear, I worry as much about the impact of the Internet as anyone else. I worry about shortening attention spans, the physical cost of sedentary 'surfing' and the potential for coarsening discourse as millions of web pages compete for attention...

Andrew Weil

According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in America is 23 minutes.

Robert Fripp

People have really long attention spans, and they love complicated plots. TV series are giving the audience what they want.

Kevin Spacey

For years, particularly with the advent of the Internet, people have been griping about lessening attention spans.

Kevin Spacey

My attention span is very limited, and I watch just one or two movies a year.

Ashwin Sanghi

Drosophila,” I said, remembering the word. “What?” Lily asked. “Why do girls always fall for guys with the at ention span of drosophila?” “What?” “Fruit flies. Guys with the attention span of fruit flies.” “Because they’re hot?�...

Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

If you come to any of my live shows, you'll see, it's very frenetic. I have the attention span of a gnat.

Howie Mandel

If someone can watch an entire season of a TV series in one day, doesn't that show an incredible attention span?

Kevin Spacey

There were scenes that just for length purposes, and knowing that the attention span of kids is not great, don't make it much longer than about 90 minutes.

John Badham

I don't have a good attention span and can't spend long in record stores or video shops or games emporiums without getting grumpy.

Beth Ditto

I used to play video games all the time, but now I don't because I don't have an attention span.

King Tuff

P.A. Announcer: Attention. Attention. All non-commission off - -Attention, all non-commissioned officers will report for short-arm inspection at 0400. That is all.

MASH

We don't really even know how the Internet and technology are changing us, or our brains and our attention span.

Nancy Jo Sales

Their scrambled attention spans struck me as a metaphor for the way we get our doses of reality these days.

Bill Griffith