Distraction Quotes

If I’d known Ashton wanted my attention at any point I would have pushed Nicole aside and given her my undivided attention. But most of the time she was wrapped in Sawyer’s arms and I needed the distraction Nicole provided.

We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.

May nothing distract me from You, neither noise nor diversions. O my Master, I would so love to live with You in silence.

Big productions, to me, are great – like, I love going to Vegas and seeing shows – but I think that sometimes it’s distracting, especially when you are there to listen to the music.

Slowing down doesn’t mean accomplishing less; it means cutting out counterproductive distractions and the perception of being rushed.

The desire to please other people is a potent way to distract yourself from what you are feeling.

I think when things linger, that’s when they become a distraction. I don’t want any distractions.

I think my work has to do with a sense that we are attempting, all the time, to create a logical, rational path through the day. To the left and right there are an amazing set of distractions that we usually can’t afford to follow. But the poet is willing to stop anywhere.

Creation is in part merely the business of forgoing the great and small distractions.

There’s a lot of insincerity about the actions of our legislators; they create distractions – like this anti-gay law you alluded to – and try to mobilise, to exacerbate people’s emotions. Until the legislators started making laws, people minded, generally, their own business.