Buddy Rich Quotes

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!

I have a very short attention span, so sitting down with a book is very difficult for me.

My attention span was not great.

I was definitely a handful back then. I could not sit down long enough to study.

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

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.

School, I never truly got the knack of. I could never focus on things I didn't want to learn.

I would never have been a good scientist - my attention span was too short for that.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

I'm more of a visual person, but I think that reading's extremely important. But I'm very easily distracted. It takes certain books to really grab you in.

I have ADD. I can't pay attention to one thing too long.

I can multitask like crazy. I'm riddled with ADD - a blessing and a curse.

I can't sit still for 10 minutes.

According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in America is 23 minutes.

My attention span is very short.

I'm one of those guys who has to have a constant something going inside and in front of my face. If not, I get in trouble.

Even today, I am easily distracted by reading material and will pick up articles on virtually any factual material if I have the time.

I think it's imperative to keep your focus on why you're in school. You're in school to get an education.

I've got no attention span.

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.

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.

It's not by amusing oneself that one learns.

Out of silence is born concentration, and from that comes learning.

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