Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joseph Joubert

Attention is like a narrow mouthed vessel; pour into it what you have to say cautiously, and, as it were, drop by drop.

Moliere

No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.

J. Michael Straczynski

A lot of television tends to assume that audiences don't have the attention span or the IQ to follow a lot of stuff.

Sela Ward

I certainly don't think we got the coverage that we need or the attention or the realization that Mississippi is in dire straits and in the condition it is.

I don't think there's any question that for a brief shining moment, the Post-Herald was the most important newspaper in the city and perhaps the state, because people had to pay attention to it.

Jeff Sessions

I do think the American people are paying attention to this, and it's going to be a lot harder for these hard left-wing groups to get away with smearing a nominee,

Butch Harmon

I don't think any of us ever thought we'd be getting the attention we do now, ... You look at my dad, he was maybe the greatest teacher ever, and he never got this notoriety. It just shows you how much golf has taken off and the game has changed.

I don't think any of us ever dreamed of being nationally ranked or getting some of the attention we've gotten. We just keep fighting and it keeps getting better. Hopefully we continue it, but we've still got a long way to go.

Antonio Davis

I am pleased with our performance. The young ladies paid attention to detail in the game plan.

Kelly Preston

I am not that concerned because I think it will be fine if you spend a lot of time with your kids and you give them a lot of attention and love.

Bill Richardson

I am a bit more optimistic. It is the first time I have gotten attention to my previous pleas.

Rudy Gay

I really don't pay that much attention to stats and stuff, but I do take a lot of pride in trying to be a complete player. I just try to do whatever I can to help us win games, whether it's scoring points, rebounding, blocking shots, passing, playing great defense, whatever it takes.

I really don't know why. I can tell you this: It does have everyone's attention now.

Michelle Kwan

I really have to pay attention to how I'm feeling these days. Dropping out is not something I want to do, but I really have to listen to what my feelings are.

I probably would rather have not seen it. I'm sure that it helped a little bit, but if I were a betting man, I'd bet it drew attention to it and could possibly make it worse.

Ryan Miller

I probably see Terry once or twice a week, and he gives me the personal attention you need - that extra focus and the motivation. He leaves me e-mail and voice mail to check my stats, to see how my exercising is going.

Investors' heightened attention will make it easy for the proposed fund to attract investment.

Investors are shifting their attention to other metals and soft commodities.

Mark Mobius

Investments of this size by such reputable investors draw attention to the country and further bolster investor confidence in South Africa.

Investors over the next two quarters are likely to then turn their attention to the process and timing of Charter change to create a parliamentary form of government.

In today's world, books have to compete with so much else for peoples' time, that unless they are present when and how the prospective readers wants them, attention will immediately turn elsewhere.

In the past, people didn't pay a lot of attention to Harrisburg, so (lawmakers) wanted to stay below the radar screen as best they could and ease into re-election.

In the case of the customer you brought to our attention we received the check but our computer automatically sent out a notice for non-payment.

Internet World is finally coming into its own as a show that the corporate audience needs to pay attention to. For years it was focused... more on personal use than on corporate use.

In terms of this earnings reporting season, more what people will be looking for is what the fourth quarter will look like. Nine out of the last 10 times, the fourth quarter has been higher, so we'll be playing close attention to any kind of guidance we get.

Tino Sehgal

Attention is the material I work with.

Socrates

The right way to begin is to pay attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible.

Michele Bachmann

I don't know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians

Martha Plimpton

I don't pay attention to the ratings.

Theodore Roosevelt

The reader, the booklover, must meet his own needs without paying too much attention to what his neighbors say those needs should be.

Terry McMillan

There is a price for popularity. Critics look for your weaknesses, your flaws, anything that makes the work seem like a fluke and not seem worthy of all the attention it's getting.

Terry McMillan

Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.

Michael Jordan

Winners don't just learn the fundamentals, they master them. You have to monitor your fundamentals constantly because the only thing that changes will be your attention to them.