“ The lightheaded and the fashionable are always willing to shed tears for distant underdogs. Richard Brookhiser
“ I needed something to distract me-anything far away from my parents’ drama-just for a second. And when I saw my chance I didn’t stop to think about how much I’d regret it later. An opportunity sat on… Kody Keplinger
“ Distraction leaches the authenticity out of our communications. When we are not emotionally present, we are gliding over the surface of our interactions and we never tangle in the depths where the nua… Marian Deegan
“ I said to all the things that throng about the gateways of the senses: "Tell me of my God, since you are not He. Tell me something of Him." And they cried out in a great voice: "He made us." CS Lewis Philip Zaleski
“ After giving it some thought, I've decided to name my monkey mind Ricky Bobby. I was thinking about Latin names like Javier, but I don't want to make my jumping, distractable self sound mysterious and… Anna White
“ The author explores the result of endless choice. It is not only overload, but a profound loss of unity, solidity, and coherence in life. Os Guinness
“ We sulked and, in the finest tradition of bored soldiers, sat around throwing stones at each other. Patrick Hennessey
“ Are you placed where others are sitting down idly, doing nothing? Rise to the work with all your powers; and when the sweat stands upon your brow, and you are tempted to loiter, cry, "No, I cannot sto… Charles Haddon Spurgeon
“ Children content with parents who are physically close, tantalizingly so, but mentally elsewhere. Sherry Turkle
“ I am trying not to philosophize. It is un-military. I think I can dig myself out of my academic mind and make an efficient officer. James Carl Nelson
“ If thou rememberest that thou art going to heaven, thou wilt not sleep on the road. If thou thinkest that hell is behind thee, and the devil pursuing thee, thou wilt not loiter. Charles Haddon Spurgeon
“ The nobility of England would have snored through the Sermon on the Mount. But you'll labor like scholars over a bulldog's pedigree. Robert Bolt
