Attention
The act or state of attending or heeding; the application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought; notice; exclusive or special consideration; earnest consideration, thought, or regard; obedient or affectionate heed; the supposed power or faculty of attending.
An act of civility or courtesy; care for the comfort and pleasure of others; as, attentions paid to a stranger.
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Attention Quotations
Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.
Albert Einstein
Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.
Winston Churchill
The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most.
Confucius
You know, if I listened to Michael Dukakis long enough, I would be convinced we're in an economic downturn and people are homeless and going without food and medical attention and that we've got to do something about the unemployed.
Ronald Reagan
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
Leonardo da Vinci
You know, my main reaction to this money thing is that it's humorous, all the attention to it, because it's hardly the most insightful or valuable thing that's happened to me.
Steve Jobs
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.
Henry David Thoreau
When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.
George Washington Carver
Attention to health is life's greatest hindrance.
Plato
Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
Dale Carnegie
Attention Translations
attention in Afrikaans is aandag
attention in Dutch is acht, attentie, aandacht
attention in French is attention, respect
attention in German is Vorsicht, Aufmerksamkeit {f}, Achtung {f}
attention in Italian is attenzione
attention in Latin is intentio
attention in Norwegian is oppmerksomhet
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