Polling is merely an instrument for gauging public opinion. When a president or any other leader pays
attention to poll results, he is, in effect, paying
attention to the views of the people. Any other interpretation is nonsense.
View quotes by George GallupSpoon bending obviously must have some ordinary explanation, since a hundred people from all walks of life we're doing it. And it was hard to feel any sort of mystery: you just rub the spoon for a while and pretty soon it gets soft, and it bends. And that's that.
The only thing I noticed is that spoon bending seemed to require a focused in
attention. You had to try to get it to bend, and then you had to forget about it. Maybe talk to someone else while you rubbed the spoon. Or look around the room. Change your
attention. That's when it was likely to bend
View quotes by Michael Crichton'It is by no means enough that an officer be capable...He should be a gentleman of liberal education, refined, manners, punctilious courtesy, and the nicest sense of personal honor... No meritorious act of a subordinate should escape his
attention, even if the reward be only one word of approval. Conversely, he should not be blind to a single fault in any subordinate.'
View quotes by John Paul Jones"Pay
attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes."
View quotes by AntisthenesI think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying
attention.
View quotes by Diane SawyerIf I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient
attention, than to any other talent.
View quotes by Sir Isaac NewtonA good advertisement is one which sells the product without drawing
attention to itself.
View quotes by David OgilvyHumour is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding
attention, but it has no persuasive value at all.
View quotes by GalbraithThere are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and in the eyes of others. Nothing can help that man. What is left of that man flees from what is left of human
attention.
View quotes by James BaldwinIf God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much
attention to him.
View quotes by Samuel ButlerI open with a clock striking, to beget an awful
attention in the audience - it also marks the time, which is four o clock in the morning, and saves a description of the rising sun, and a great deal about gilding the eastern hemisphere.
View quotes by Richard Brinsley SheridanWisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation,
attention, perseverance, and industry.
View quotes by Samuel SmilesThe relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call
attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it.
View quotes by Adlai StevensonWoman is the dominant sex. Men have to do all sorts of stuff to prove that they are worthy of woman's
attention.
View quotes by Camille Paglia Don't pay any
attention to the critics-don't even ignore them.
View quotes by Samuel GoldwynThere's no doubt about it, show business lures the people who didn't get enough love,
attention, or approval early in life and have grown up to become bottomless, gaping vessels of terrifying, abject need. Please laugh.
View quotes by Dennis MillerHe's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So
attention must be paid.
View quotes by Arthur MillerNo man is lonely eating spaghetti; it requires so much
attention.
View quotes by Christopher MorleyWe are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call
attention to their shining- they just shine.
View quotes by Dwight MoodyPay no
attention to what the critics say; no statue has ever been put up to a critic.
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