Eric Alterman Quotes

I've got the attention span of a child.

His (Frank Sinatra) attention span was not long, shall we say.

People's attention spans don't run too long these days.

The average attention span of the modern human being is about half as long as whatever you're trying to tell them.

Of course, it would help if she could stay focused, but she had the attention span of a sick flea.’ (Sunshine)

He has the attention span of a hummingbird.

You and I and everyone else have the attention span of gnats. And that means that saying or doing anything once simply doesn't work.

Adrian was easily distractible by wacky topics and shiny objects.

The average human attention span was 12 seconds in 2000 and 8 seconds in 2013. A drop of 33%. The scary part is that the attention span of a goldfish was 9 seconds, almost 13% more than us humans. That's why it's getting tougher by the day to get people to turn the page. Maybe we writers ought to try writing for goldfish!

Every person has only so much attention to give, and politics and government takes up only a fraction of what it did 25 years ago.

I can't sit down long enough to absorb any kind of learning.

I just get bored easily. As I'm sure other people do too.

Is the patience of the American people that long suffering? Is there no outrage left in the country?

I have no attention span. I get bored so fast.

It's very tough for me to focus. I'm like: 'Look, something shiny! No, focus. Oh, there goes a butterfly!'

I have the attention span of a 2-year-old. I like to jump from project-to-project.

I'm not someone who has a lengthy attention span, and that applies to my exercise routine as well.

Politics goes in one ear and out the other. I don't even know the president's name for sure. That's how stupid I am.

Today's average American is more apt to rebel against a tennis shoe not coming in the right color than against the slow erosion of our democratic freedom.

Everyone has a really short attention span, and you have to bombard them with content, content, content.

Our attention spans have been reduced by the immediate gratification provided by smartphones and social media.

My attention span was not great.

I must admit that I was always scared to venture out on my own because I have an issue of getting bored of things. My attention span is very short. I like to start and give up halfway.

I think getting people's focus, getting people's attention on anything has never been harder, because the media has done everything in its power to try and dissolve people's attention, shift it round absolutely all the time.

I like films, but I can't sit still for very long.