Quotes of: Short-attention-span Keyword

There's an obligation to not lead people down the wrong path, but I hardly think me wearing short shorts on stage is creating monsters.

Iggy Azalea

I find that short stories are almost like palate cleansers or brain cleansers.

Jami Attenberg

The way to a woman's heart might best be reached via a short cut.

Dixie Waters

I used to have a sort of spiky haircut and it just feels better to have short hair again.

Evan Dando

The U.S. has a stronger military than Israel, but, but don't short-change Israel, either. Don't short-change them.

Benjamin Netanyahu

I never really liked my short hair; it never occurred to me that people would want it.

Dorothy Hamill

A trail through the mountains, if used, becomes a path in a short time, but, if unused, becomes blocked by grass in an equally short time.

Mencius

One of the last courses I taught was on the Russian short story, which I love.

Tobias Wolff

They say anything can happen in a short series. I just didn't expect it to be that short.

Al Lopez

The reader really has to step up to the plate and read a short story.

Tobias Wolff

Does marriage have such a revolutionary power that a long-established habit can be overthrown in such a short time?

Yiyun Li

I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short story.

Annie Proulx

Here is a piece of advice. Never pay attention to what a man says when he comes. Anything might be blurted out at that moment, and it rarely means anything.

Escorted

Temperamentally anxious people can have a hard time staying motivated, period, because their intense focus on their worries distracts them from their goals.

Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life

You prove to people that you don’t pay attention to their words when they see that you don’t remember what they tell you earlier.

Shaping the dream

Stories arrest us. Parents use stories to capture the attention of active children. Preachers use stories to capture the attention of sleepy adults.

Lit!: A Christian Guide to Reading Books

Mortals were such fickle creatures. They called into the dark, demanded answers and attention from forces they could not comprehend, and yet when they had that attention and those answers, they complained about them.

Spectyr

Alessandra approached the geniuses of the past to give them life with her attention, which was the form her affection took: paying attention.

Todas las familias felices

Pay attention! At all moments of the day you are either leading or being led.

Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

Somebody incredibly attractive just came into the room, and I ceased to pay attention to a word you were saying.

Vampires, Scones, and Edmund Herondale

...things can happen when you least expect them so you always gotta be prepared. And pay attention to the details. The devil is in the details.

Whistling in the Dark