„I have the attention span of a rabbit on cocaine.“

„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

„America was entering the age not just of the automobile but of the retarded attention span.“

—  Bill Bryson, A Walk in the Woods

Quelle: A Walk in the Woods (1997), Chapter 18 (p. 234)

„Well, his attention span was not long, shall we say.“

—  Lauren Bacall American actress, model 1924 - 2014

Speaking of Frank Sinatra
Larry King interview (2005)

„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

„People only worry about the uncanny for about a week; that's the end of their attention span. After that, suspicions turn into shtick.“

—  Scott Westerfeld, buch Peeps

Quelle: Peeps

„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, buch Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express (1934)

„There was this boy, Davie, and he was going to have a rabbit. His grandfather had promised it. A real, live rabbit. A little black rabbit, if possible. In a week, if possible. And this was in the Netherlands.“

—  Meindert DeJong, buch Shadrach

Shadrach (1957)

„Rabbit underground, rabbit safe and sound.“

—  Richard Adams, buch Watership Down

Watership Down

„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

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)
1991-2000

„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

„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

Quelle: On Human Communication (1957), Language: Science and Aesthetics, p.68

„I think I was once given cocaine but I sneezed so it didn't go up my nose. In fact, it may have been icing sugar.“

—  Boris Johnson British politician, historian and journalist 1964

"Londoner's Diary", Evening Standard, 17 October 2005, p. 15.
2000s, 2005

„I have to be firm on this: unique is not to be modified. Adding very or absolutely is like putting a propeller on a rabbit to make him hop better. It won't work, and he won't be a rabbit anymore.“

—  Roy Blount Jr. American writer 1941

Alphabet Juice (2008), p. 323.

„I had thought about cocaine in a kind of day-dream.“

—  Sigmund Freud, buch The Interpretation of Dreams

Quelle: The Interpretation of Dreams

„Your kiss is bitter with cocaine.“

—  Aleister Crowley, buch Diary of a Drug Fiend

Quelle: Diary of a Drug Fiend