“…. maybe fear is God's way of saying, "Pay attention, this could be fun.”

“Fear is a good thing. It mean you're paying attention.”

Tamora Pierce book Page

“The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.”

Keanu Reeves (1964) Canadian actor, director, producer and musician

“Friday. Five o'clock in the afternoon. Maybe the hardest time to move unobserved through a city. Or, maybe the easiest. Because at five o'clock on a Friday nobody pays attention to anything. Except the road ahead.”

Lee Child book One Shot

“From the simplest lyric to the most complex novel and densest drama, literature is asking us to pay attention. Pay attention to the frog. Pay attention to the west wind. Pay attention to the boy on the raft, the lady in the tower, the old man on the train. In sum, pay attention to the world and all that dwells therein and thereby learn at last to pay attention to yourself and all that dwells therein.”

Frederick Buechner (1926) Poet, novelist, short story writer, theologian

“Pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, so you can pay attention to what really has your attention.”

David Allen (1945) American productivity consultant and author

“Survival lies in sanity, and sanity lies in paying attention… the capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.”

Julia Cameron book The Artist's Way

“To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.”

René Descartes (1596–1650) French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist

“Coincidences are God's way of getting our attention.”

Frederick Buechner (1926) Poet, novelist, short story writer, theologian

“Somebody incredibly attractive just came into the room, and I ceased to pay attention to a word you were saying.”

Cassandra Clare (1973) American author