#distraction

I’d find someone else. No distractions. Men get in the way of ambition. Plus, they laugh at you when you fail ↗

— Rose Pressey

#men #men

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

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

He was so tenacious he defied the distraction of women by refusing to have them in his presence, just as later in life he denied his blindness by calling for more and more candles. ↗

— Kit Williams

#calling #candles #defied #denied #distraction

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. ↗

— Hilaire Belloc

#distraction #fulfillment #wander

Winning teams have the least amount of distractions. They have a really tight group of people working towards the same common goal. ↗

— Larry Dixon

#common #common goal #distractions #goal #group

Pat Moynihan could write books with one hand and legislate with the other. I can't; I have a short attention span. The slightest distraction would take me away from writing. ↗

— Barney Frank

#attention span #away #books #could #distraction