Ginnifer Goodwin Quotes

I'm easily distracted by other things in the world around me.

I find it personally distracting when kids are constantly texting, but they can be texting something that is just benign and just fine.

I have a phone obsession. It's really hard on set sometimes because I'll be checking Instagram, and then I have to remember, 'Oh, crap, I have to shoot a scene or rehearse.' Every now and then, I have to turn it off and live my life.

I realised I had an issue with my mobile phone use when a friend started explaining the virtues of the Fast 800 diet and, while still engaged in the conversation, I pulled out my phone and ordered the book before they had finished their sentence.

Almost every time I go to the ocean, I think about throwing my phone right into it. Sometimes, you pull that thing out of your pocket, you look at it, and you're like, 'What was I just going to do with this? Was I going to take a note? Was I going to check my email? Was I going to take a picture?'

I'm not, like, always focused; I'm very unfocused. I'm reading, and then I'm looking at my phone, and then I'm on the Internet.

I'd like to pretend to be all Olympian and above it, as if this is a phenomenon I'm observing from a great height, nothing to do with my own behavior at all - but the fact is I'm absolutely one of those people in the cafe staring at my phone.

Sometimes I have lapses of attention, and I can lose some points very quickly.

I've got no attention span.

I definitely people-watch. I often see photos of myself with my children: I'm always in the background with my mouth wide open, looking somewhere else.

Drivers are not good at having nothing to do.

Just to see how much time is consumed looking down at your phone when you could be reading, becoming better at your own language, or learning a new language - you could be doing so many productive things. You could becoming a better student-athlete.

The idea of MPs texting and emailing through debates makes my gorge rise, as it does when a minicab driver makes phone calls at the wheel. I'm not paying you to keep in touch with your mates!

Sometimes I have lapses of attention, and I can lose some points very quickly - that's been a big thing for him.

Developers have the attention spans of slightly moronic woodland creatures.

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

Good. If you checked your e-mail every five minutes, or keep texting and Tweeting in the middle of our conversation, I might snap your neck out of sheer principle.

He has the attention span of a hummingbird.

I recall a friend telling me that for all the years his mother worked, every clock in her home was set 30 minutes ahead. She was never late. And she was beloved by all. Punctuality matters. Shows respect for others. And excellence within yourself. Be great today. Please.

Everybody sounds stoned, because they're e-mailing people the whole time they're talking to you.

I've got the attention span of a child.

Is it worth getting one more tweet out, or putting your phone down and doing something that is worth tweeting?

When you go on your phone to check what time it is, you get so distracted. It happens to me every day. 'Oh, I just wanted to see what time it is, but now I'm magically on a panda video.' This is the easier way, but it's also a part of your personal style. It ends up becoming a part of who you are, and representing what you love.

I used to drum on the table at school. I think a handful of my school reports say that they thought I might have some kind of ADD.

When I go out, I hope to leave the worst of myself at home.