MacAuthur Clan Quotes

Pay attention to matters of importance.

Listen once in a while. It's amazing what you can hear.

It's an ear job, not an eye job.

The best thing anybody ever told me about acting - and I think it's probably true for life, generally - is listen. You've really got to watch, and you've really got to listen. Not see and hear.

We want you to pay attention.

To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.

To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.

Listening is active. At its most basic level, it's about focus, paying attention.

If you aren't listening, you are missing out.

If you pay attention to everything and everyone, you can keep your finger on the pulse and know what's going on. Then you can pull back when you need to or go forward in a certain way.

Pay attention. Don't just stagger through the day.

A lot of what acting is is paying attention.

If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.

It's interesting, though, that in daily life, I think of myself as being relatively unobservant.

Too much of the education system orients students toward becoming better thinkers, but there is almost no focus on our capacity to pay attention and cultivate awareness.

Keep your eye on the ball.

Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

We have met on a solemn occasion, and in this crowded assembly there is one thing that appears important, that is, for every one of us to be still, that if any thing should he said, every one may the better hear.

The one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

You can't find the sound if you just love sleep.

Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.

You need to pay attention to the little things as well as the big things.

He kept his ear so close to the ground that it was full of grasshoppers.