Alison Gopnik Quotes

As Adults, When We Attend To Something In The World We Are Vividly Conscious Of That Particular Thing, And We Shut Out The Surrounding World. The Classic Metaphor Is That Attention Is Like A Spotlight, Illuminating One Part Of The World And Leaving The Rest In Darkness.

Related Authors

• Aaron Burch
• Foaad Ahmad
• Jean Toomer
• Joe Walker
• Maurice D Harris
• Paul C. Reinert
• Randall Kenan
• Richard Tarnas
• Shawna Richer
• Stephen Woods
• Taisen Deshimaru
• William Herobrine

Related Topics

• Quotes About Pride

  There is pain in being a woman, yes, but there is pride in it, too. — Mary Pauline Lowry

• Quotes About This Bad World

  War as a moral metaphor is limited, limiting, and dangerous. By reducing the choices of action to "a war against" whatever-it-is, you divide the world into Me or Us (good) — Ursula K. Le Guin

• Cute Pregnant Belly Quotes

  I'm pregnant." Brent dropped his bag on the driveway. "What?" "I'm pregnant and you almost got blown up, you ass," Hayden said shakily. "I'm never speaking to you again." He — Tessa Bailey

• Gulf War 1991 Quotes

  Among the privileges of being a superpower, the right and the ability to make a local quarrel into a global one ranks very high. — Christopher Hitchens

• The Best Funny Friend Quotes

  What was really funny is that as I got older all those guys who called me a sissy in junior high school wanted me to be their best friend because — Scott Hamilton