#attention

I am involved in minor league baseball. I go around the country speaking to troubled youths, trying to help them understand that whatever path they choose, they'll need to really pay attention to it. ↗

— Gerry Cooney

#around #attention #baseball #choose #country

Television and radio do a wonderful job in focusing attention on the problems of our society. ↗

— Richard J. Daley

#focusing #job #our #problems #radio

And what we were trying to offer every day was one-on-one attention. The goal was to have a one-to-one ratio with every one of these students. ↗

— Dave Eggers

#day #every #every day #goal #offer

We're one of the most highly regulated industries, and we have to pay attention to what government is doing. ↗

— Paul R. Ehrlich

#doing #government #highly #industries #most

Good habits are hard to form and easy to live with. Bad habits are easy to form and hard to live with. Pay attention. Be aware . If we don't consciously form good ones, we will unconsciously form bad ones. ↗

— Mark Matteson

#attention #awareness #be-aware #habits #inspirational

For me, it seems to help me take the pressure off if I don't pay attention to what other people are telling me. ↗

— Missy Franklin

#help #i #me #off #other

Unfortunately, the cyber threat to 'the grid' is only one means of eviscerating the soft underbelly of American society. Another which has been getting increasing attention could be delivered via the kind of nuclear-armed ballistic missile that Iran and North Korea have been developing: a strategic electro-magnetic pulse attack. ↗

— Frank Gaffney

#american society #another #attack #attention #ballistic

Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#attention #employs #gaining #holding #person

Polling is merely an instrument for gauging public opinion. When a president or any other leader pays attention to poll results, he is, in effect, paying attention to the views of the people. Any other interpretation is nonsense. ↗

— George Gallup

#attention #effect #instrument #interpretation #leader

That's very nice if they want to publish you, but don't pay too much attention to it. It will toss you away. Just continue to write. ↗

— Natalie Goldberg

#away #continue #just #much #nice