Attention To Detail Quotes

“From the simplest lyric to the most complex novel, 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 on 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

“How you do the little things is how you do everything.”
― Sharon Pearson, Ultimate You: When you know you can't ignore the whisper inside that says... It's your time...

“With honest and straightforward business principles, close and careful attention to details, and the ability to take advantage of favourable opportunities and circumstances, there is a scope for success.”
― Jamsetji Tata

“I suppose that was an example of close attention to detail that is common to writers and artists. It is imperative, whether consciously or not, that one observe the vast as well as the infinitesimal in order to create the image or choose accurate words that ring true.”
― Elizabeth Winder, Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953

“Everything matters. Let’s treat the so called little things with importance just as we do the so called big things. Because the little things have a way of being connected and interdependent in such a way as to often be just as big as the big things.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“There was a tear in the sleeve of her blouse. Her pink nail polish had chipped. Details were escaping her. I sympathized.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, Hummingbird Salamander

“Being sensual requires patience and meticulous attention to detail.”
― Lebo Grand

“How like her, though, just to stand and stare at the jets hitting the water. She loved to notice things. Had taught Judith how to be still in a world that moved too quick. "We're not mice," she used to say. "There's no need to scurry.”
― Jeanette Winterson, Night Side of the River

“If people start paying attention to the organisms that are thriving, unseen, among us, I think it will change us for the better: On the political scale, we'll become more realistic and effective in our efforts to protect the environment; on the personal scale, we'll be happier and more full of wonder.”
― Nathanael Johnson, Unseen City: The Majesty of Pigeons, the Discreet Charm of Snails & Other Wonders of the Urban Wilderness

“A corrections box such as which appears in many top US or British papers to rectify misspellings, mistaken dates, faulty identifications and so forth, is generally unheard of here... Once I pointed out to Messagero night editor that the first edition he was putting out had misspelled the name of town where the US president was holding a summit. “Oh, no one will notice,” he shrugged rather than change it.”
― Sari Gilbert, My Home Sweet Rome: Living (and loving) in Italy's Eternal City

“A good Technician was rarely wrong. A top Technician was never wrong.”
― Isaac Asimov, The End of Eternity

“Pay attention to every single detail of your dreams, for a part contains the catalyst that will change your life forever.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, The Oneironaut’s Diary

“Even though we all have a set amount to spend in the slot machine of life, time is not your most valuable asset. Your attention is the most important aspect of being alive.”
― Eric Overby

“Perhaps he has just never been at the wrong end of a dead-eyed bombardment of boy-band facts from a particularly obsessed teenage girl.”
― Katherine May, The Electricity of Every Living Thing