#distraction

It is very difficult to be learned; it seems as if people were worn out on the way to great thoughts, and can never enjoy them because they are too tired. ↗

— George Eliot

#education #education

News is important information that may influence your investments. Noise is talk or buzz or some headline that prevents you from seeing a story clearly. News is useful. Noise is a distraction. Calling what's noise and news after the fact is easy. ↗

— Maria Bartiromo

#buzz #calling #clearly #distraction #easy

Acclaim is a distraction. ↗

— James Broughton

#distraction

At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction. ↗

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

#dictionaries #distraction #enough #excellent #impossible

It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of "culture." ↗

— John Cage

#better #culture #distraction #entertainment #listen

If there was a distraction I'd get up and jump out the window. I was quite out of hand. In schools like that I don't think they expect that girls are going to behave in such an outrageous fashion. ↗

— Diane Cilento

#distraction #expect #fashion #get #going

My house has too many distractions. There's the email. There's checking my Amazon ranking. I know I'm the only author who's ever done that, ever. There's the fax. Too many distractions. I like to go out and write. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#author #checking #distractions #done #email

By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination. ↗

— Christopher Columbus

#chosen #destination #distractions #goal #his

It's hard to stay true to yourself and what you want in life when there are so many distractions and so much craziness going on around you. ↗

— Hilary Duff

#craziness #distractions #going #hard #life

America is addicted to wars of distraction. ↗

— Barbara Ehrenreich

#america #distraction #wars