Attention Quotes

I've noticed that the children of other nations always seem precocious. That's because the strange manners of their elders have caught our attention most and the children echo those manners enough to seem like their parents.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Children
- Parents
- Parent
Since I was a kid - youngest of five kids - I've always been starved for attention, like 'Look at me! Look at me! Look what I can do!'

Brendon Urie Panic! at the Disco
- Kids
- Attention

I've always wanted to be the center of attention.

Maria Conchita Alonso
- Attention
Very often adverse criticism goes to craft, and that sounds an alarm to which attention should be paid.

Dorothy Salisbury Davis
- Criticism
- Craft
- Adverse
Growing up, my brother and I were begging for attention.

Jeremy London
- Up
- Growing
- Brother
When a woman is fit and healthy, everything else falls into place. We are conditioned to put others first, that 'burnt chop syndrome' we observed in our mothers. It takes discipline to pay attention to our diets, to exercise, to leave time for refreshment of mind, body and spirit.

Quentin Bryce
- Time
- Women
- Mind
The primary problem is to learn to be your own toughest critic. You have to pay attention to intelligent work, and to work at the same time. You see. I mean, you’ve got to bounce off better work. It’s matter of working.

Garry Winogrand
- Time
- Work
- Problem
The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them.

Baltasar Gracian
- Attention
- Merit
- Sage