“He has the attention span of a bolt of lightning.”
Paul Newman (1925–2008) American actor and film director
Robert Redford, quoted in Maureen Dowd, "Testing Himself," The New York Times (1986-09-28), section 6, page 16, column 1
Source: The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror
“He has the attention span of a bolt of lightning.”
Paul Newman (1925–2008) American actor and film director
Robert Redford, quoted in Maureen Dowd, "Testing Himself," The New York Times (1986-09-28), section 6, page 16, column 1
“I have the attention span of a rabbit on cocaine.”
Frances Bean Cobain (1992) American artist
" High School Musical Starring Frances Bean Cobain http://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/red-carpet-dresses/a235/frances-bean-cobain-0308/" (2008)
Paul Simon (1941) American musician, songwriter and producer
You Can Call Me Al
Song lyrics, Graceland (1986)
“Well, his attention span was not long, shall we say.”
Lauren Bacall (1924–2014) American actress, model
Speaking of Frank Sinatra
Larry King interview (2005)
“America was entering the age not just of the automobile but of the retarded attention span.”
Bill Bryson A Walk in the Woods
Source: A Walk in the Woods (1997), Chapter 18 (p. 234)
Neal Stephenson (1959) American science fiction writer
In response to whether Anathem "reflects today's culture or politics," from an interview published Sept. 22, 2008 by MIT News http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/stephenson-qa-0922.html
Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor of English literature, a literary critic, and a …
1970s, The Education of Mike McManus, TVOntario, December 28 1977
“Music has no limits of a life-span.”
Nadine Gordimer (1923–2014) South african Nobel-winning writer
Yonder Mark (ed.), The Quotable Gordimer, 2014.