„He has the attention span of a hummingbird.“
— Christopher Moore, The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror
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„He has the attention span of a bolt of lightning.“
— Paul Newman American actor and film director 1925 - 2008
Robert Redford, quoted in Maureen Dowd, "Testing Himself," The New York Times (1986-09-28), section 6, page 16, column 1
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„Well, his attention span was not long, shall we say.“
— Lauren Bacall American actress, model 1924 - 2014
Larry King interview (2005), Speaking of Frank Sinatra
„America was entering the age not just of the automobile but of the retarded attention span.“
— Bill Bryson, A Walk in the Woods
A Walk in the Woods (1997), Chapter 18 (p. 234)
„As far as culture and politics are concerned, the important theme is long-attention-span vs. short-attention-span thinking. I'm sure that your readers can think of any number of ways in which having a longer attention span can be useful. But I'll name one. Bankers with long attention spans don't lend money to people who can't pay it back. If we had more bankers who adopted a long-term view of their responsibilities, we might not be in the middle of a financial crisis that is blowing away 150-year-old investment banks.“
— Neal Stephenson American science fiction writer 1959
In response to whether Anathem "reflects today's culture or politics," from an interview published Sept. 22, 2008 by MIT News http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/stephenson-qa-0922.html
„I just love cocaine.“
— John Belushi American comedian, actor, and musician 1949 - 1982
Quoted in: Bill Crawford . Adam Sandler: America's Comedian. 2015. p. 76
„Attention spans get very weak at the speed of light, and that goes along with a very weak identity.“
— Marshall McLuhan Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor of English literature, a literary critic, and a communicatio… 1911 - 1980
1970s, The Education of Mike McManus, TVOntario, December 28 1977
„Mon ami, if you wish to catch a rabbit you put a ferret into the hole, and if the rabbit is there he runs. That is all I have done.“
— Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express (1934)
„People are so dumb. Nobody reads anymore, nobody goes out and looks and explores the society and culture they were brought up in. People have attention spans of five seconds and as much depth as a glass of water.“
— David Bowie British musician, actor, record producer and arranger 1947 - 2016
„Among a certain class this winter, there wasn't a party in Delhi that didn't have cocaine.“
— Maneka Gandhi Indian politician and activist 1956
1991-2000, On Delhi's drug problem, as quoted in "New Kicks on The Block" http://archives.digitaltoday.in/indiatoday/05041999/cover.html, India Today (5 April 1999)
„I started taking cocaine and drink … I turned into a babbling fucking wreck.“
— Damien Hirst artist 1965
On the Way to Work, Faber and Faber, 2001.
„The first step in making rabbit stew is catching the rabbit.“
— Isaac Asimov American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, known for his works of science fiction and popular … 1920 - 1992
„SPAN ID=All_that_we> All that we have to do is to pick them out of the dictionary and string them in the right order…. </SPAN“
— Colin Cherry British scientist 1914 - 1979
On Human Communication (1957), Language: Science and Aesthetics, p.68
