I don't like people looking at me; I hate the attention.
Cathy Freeman

We throw all our attention on the utterly idle question whether A has done as well as B, when the only question is whether A has done as well as he could.
William Graham Sumner

Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.
Simone Weil

I was really kind of shy as a child. But I would do things for attention.
Little Richard

Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
Simone Weil

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.
Simone Weil

The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest.
Simone Weil

I try not to go crazy, but yes, I pay attention to what I eat.
Eva Mendes

I just really don't like being the center of attention that much. It's kind of ironic.
Jimmy Fallon

It's hard to pay attention these days because of multiple affects of the information technology nowadays. You tend to develop a faster, speedier mind, but I don't think it's necessarily broader or smarter.
Robert Redford

I think the killers get far too much attention.
Doug Coupland

The audience only pays attention as long as you know where you are going.
Phil Crosby

The problem... is that most members of Congress don't pay attention to what's going on.
John McCain

Poetry, almost by definition, calls attention to its language and form.
Robert Morgan

If you followed this economic crisis and you do not think that the world is getting flatter, you are not paying attention. We saw the entire global economy at one time acting totally in sync. The real truth is the world is even flatter than I thought. Our mortgage crisis is killing Deutsche Bank. You still don't think the world is flat?
Thomas Friedman

Genius is nothing but continued attention.
Claude Adrien Helvetius

When exercising, be sure to focus your attention on what you are doing.
Lee Haney

The condition of the tribes which occupy the country set apart for them in the West is highly prosperous, and encourages the hope of their early civilization. They have for the most part abandoned the hunter state and turned their attention to agricultural pursuits.
Martin Van Buren

Despite the increase in world attention toward Sudan in the past months, the genocide in Darfur has continued without any serious attempt by the Sudanese government to do what governments primarily exist to do, protect their citizens.
Tom Allen

It is all about being open and paying attention to the music in your head. I think most people have original music playing in their heads from time to time.
Tommy Shaw