Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Bovard

With attention deficit democracy, I am trying to wake up people to how the combination of mass ignorance, fear mongering by the government, and lying politicians is putting our entire system of government to a death spiral.

Adam Smith

We are delighted to find a person who values us as we value ourselves, and distinguishes us from the rest of mankind, with an attention not unlike that with which we distinguish ourselves.

Abraham Clark

I have the Pleasure to assure you Congress pay particular Attention to the Defence of New Jersey, and hitherto have denied us nothing which we have Asked for that Purpose.

We need to focus on our mistakes and learn to improve. It's important to pay attention to detail and win the small battles.

We need to focus on crime and this is unfortunate, that people want to take the attention off crime.

We need to work on our penalty-killing. We have to pay attention to special teams because of the way they're calling it right now. The players have to understand that, if they move the puck quick, good things are going to happen.

Martin Rees

Maybe the search for life shouldn't restrict attention to planets like Earth. Science fiction writers have other ideas: balloon-like creatures floating in the dense atmospheres of planets such as Jupiter, swarms of intelligent insects, nano-scale robots and more.

We wanted to grab the attention of the new young drivers. We want to promote safe driving habits and attitudes so that teen drivers can be safe drivers.

We've gotten the attention of the public and the state and federal lawmakers. Now it's their responsibility to act.

We have to pay extra attention at this point, as we move forward, too make sure that we are providing good value to the taxpayers who actually fund all of these vehicles and pay for all the gas that we use,

Frank Robinson

We have to pay attention to details right now, and hopefully we can keep going, ... I just think they had to get down to business. They had to pay attention to the game itself and not all this side stuff and the stuff out on the street. They have to focus on playing baseball. That was my view of it. And I think they are starting to get that feel.

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Bob Stoops

With the success of our program and the media attention we have received, we feel we can attract players from all over the country.

We've done all the research and booked with the best tour operators. We take care of all the details with attention paid to the quality and safety of each excursion so that our guests can spend their day enjoying themselves.

With Christmas coming up, we wanted to keep the public's attention on this case.

Without having a vote, we've sent a message of support of Israel, just by introducing it and the attention it got.

We need to continually turn our attention to this issue because it's a tragedy.

When you are 'world building,' people will oftentimes judge how well you built your world. They want to know: Is the culture believable? Does it feel like it has a history? I try very hard to pay attention to details.

We will concentrate all of our energy, attention and resources on beginning to rebuild what has been damaged.

Kofi Annan

Few United Nations officials have demonstrated the calm, grace and professionalism that you have in the face of virtually unprecedented pressure and attention over the past several months.

Vicente Fox

first dedicate all of their attention to protecting their lives, their health and their family members.

Filling fast doesn't mean not paying enough attention to packing. This last step, together with immediate covering of the ensiled mass, is critical in order to protect the quality of the corn silage,

Dan Goodwin

Expediency is important here. This needs to be resolved quickly. And I believe it will be resolved. It's got everybody's attention now.

Pat Metheny

The reality of music itself, which is the fabric of life for me, is where most of my attention is.

There are a lot of places to put in and take out. There are round trips you can do. It's tidal here, you just have to pay attention to the currents.

Alex Cora

There are a lot of kids out there and people who are having conversations and not paying attention to the game and they can get hit. I've got a glove and I can get hurt out there. Imagine what can happen if you don't have a glove.

David Morrell

Some people might be surprised that 'Rambo's creator has a doctorate in American literature. One of my influences is Henry James, whose major theme is awareness. Whether I'm writing about military personnel, law enforcement, or De Quincey, the persistent theme is paying attention in a hostile world.

We believe that when someone is wrongfully incarcerated, the press can help draw public attention to it so it can at least be re-examined again.

We obviously have to pay more attention to the big plays on the outside. West Ashley's running game is more off tackle, outside, off the flanks.

Charles Lee

We pay special attention to people's best scorers a lot of the time and he's definitely their best scorer, their best threat on offense. We definitely respect him, so that's something we really focus on coming into today.

We pay no attention to it. We deserve to be here. The committee selected us. If you investigate our season, who we played, how we fared, what our resume is, we belong here.

Karl Hobbs

We paid a lot of attention to what people were saying and that hurt us. I felt last year was unjust for us to be picked so high when we hadn't done anything to prove we deserved that.

We paid a lot more attention to detail. We know we can defend, we can rebound and we can play hard. We did that tonight. I'm really proud of my team.