#attention

The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem. ↗

— Dean Acheson

#distracts #ego #great #looking #man

If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation. ↗

— Abigail Adams

#attention #bound #care #determined #hold

I honestly didn't expect this much attention, but it just keeps happening so I must be doing something right. ↗

— Freddy Adu

#doing #expect #happening #honestly #i

I don't like being the center of attention. ↗

— Jessica Alba

#being #center #i #like

Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes. ↗

— Antisthenes

#discover #first #mistakes #pay #pay attention

Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

#attention #brought #cannot #circumstances #closer

If you dedicate your attention to discipline in your life you become smarter while you are writing than while you are hanging out with your pals or in any other line of work. ↗

— Russell Banks

#attention #become #dedicate #discipline #hanging

It was my study of the two Corinthian letters that first caused me to concentrate my attention more directly on the relation of the apostle Paul to the older apostles. ↗

— Ferdinand Christian Baur

#apostles #attention #caused #concentrate #directly

I have no attention span. I get bored so fast. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#attention span #bored #fast #get #i

Something's going to happen that's going to make us all pay attention at the type of sentences some people are serving and the conditions in which they are served. ↗

— Christopher Darden

#conditions #going #happen #make #pay