Mindfulness is often spoken of as the heart of Buddhist meditation. It’s not about Buddhism, but about paying attention. That’s what all meditation is, no matter what tradition or particular technique is used. – Jon Kabat-Zinn
Aircraft are always going to be something that terrorists are interested in because you bring down an airliner, you have drawn the world’s attention. – Jack Keane
I have the attention span of a mosquito from multitasking and all the things that have affected my poor little brain. – Ian Somerhalder
I pay attention to lyrics and I know what rap fans care about. I try to write for the average listener and I’m conscious of the mainstream without selling out. – J. Cole
I’m a very basic dresser. I’m not interested in calling too much attention to myself. I like to look cool without being too noticeable. – Julianne Moore
I pay attention to the actors and stuff, but not even that much. I don’t pay attention to who’s writing. – Jason Mewes
There’s a lot of other movies I like, but I don’t even pay attention to directors to tell you the truth. – Jason Mewes
Honestly, I guess if you looked at my CV, I’ve been doing independent movies since I started. I think that I kind of took a few steps back from Hollywood as soon as it all started to come my way because I wasn’t quite ready for the attention. – Josh Hartnett
You learn a lot more from the lows because it makes you pay attention to what you’re doing. – John Elway
I don’t know if I’m attention deficit, but I certainly am easily distracted by other things. – James Vincent McMorrow
Do just once what others say you can’t do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again. – James Cook
There’s a socialist bias to the consensus of the literary world: a ’30s mentality that says factory workers are more worthy of our attention. – Jay McInerney
I’m not someone who has a lengthy attention span, and that applies to my exercise routine as well. – Jai Courtney
Well the press and things like that are pretty hard core, but I don’t pay too much attention to that. – Holly Valance
It’s hard to absorb and to allow all that attention and accolades for ‘Rent’ because the rest of the country doesn’t know who we are. Once I walk out of the door of ‘Rent,’ and I’m on the subway, it doesn’t matter. It’s an exaggerated sense of fame. – Idina Menzel
If you have something to say then you want someone to pay attention or at least to have the opportunity for them to tell you to shut up and go away. – John Lydon
When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely – the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears – when you give your whole attention to it. – Jiddu Krishnamurti
I get scared of a lot of attention. I get scared of the spotlight. And I’m not talking about on the basketball court. – Jeremy Lin
Nobody pays attention to the way a person’s shirt folds around his shoulder when they sit down, but if that shirt folded in an unusual way, you’d notice it. – John Lasseter
I’m not doubtful that I am doing what I should be doing – writing for theater – and that I’m doing it in a way no one else does it. Whether anyone else is paying attention or anyone else cares, I’m still ambivalent about that. It’s still an open question. – Jason Robert Brown
I read in the papers how much I’m earning and fall about laughing because I’m sure it’s not that much; otherwise, I’d have an enormous boat. I’m literally not the slightest bit interested in money. I just don’t pay any attention to money; it’s rather vulgar. – Jeremy Clarkson
Attention may sound dull, but it is an essential aspect of consciousness. In fact, it governs what it is that we turn out to be conscious of, and therefore plays a part in the coming into being of whatever exists for us. – Iain McGilchrist
I know that some filmmakers strive for a kind of naturalistic approach, but you’re never going to capture something that’s really natural – just the simple fact that you choose to put a frame around something means that you’ve already chosen one particular thing to put more attention on. – Jarvis Cocker