Focused Quotes:

The music has always been my bread and butter, and I've focused more of my attention on that.

- Al Yankovic

topic: Attention, Bread, Focused, Bread And Butter

Never be so focused on what you're looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find.

- Ann Patchett

source: Ann Patchett (2011). “State of Wonder”, p.246, Bloomsbury Publishing

topic: Focused, State Of Wonder, Overlooked, Overlooking, Missing Out

Apple is always focused on out-innovating itself... and that is something I am very proud to be a part of.

- Arthur D. Levinson

topic: Apples, Proud, Focused

We should be focused on making the world a better place, and once we do that, the money will come back and find us.

- Astro Teller

topic: World, Should, Focused

I hadn't focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.

- Barry Zito

topic: Mechanic, Focused

For me personally, I'm mostly focused on writing and acting right now.

- Ben Savage

source: "Paging Your Inner-Tween: We're Chatting With Ben Savage (AKA Cory Matthews!)". Interview with Rosemary Brennan, www.glamour.com. October 18, 2011.

topic: Writing, Acting, Focused, Acting Right

I'm not overly focused on being loved by everybody.

- Bethenny Frankel

topic: Focused, Being Loved

I'm not focused on the gay and lesbian movement.

- Billy Graham

topic: Gay, Movement, Focused

So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.

- Bo Jackson

topic: Baseball, Focused

I haven't really focused so much on getting acting work.

- Charlene Tilton

topic: Acting, Focused

Facebook has focused on the conversation, but not really on absorbing the Web into its walled garden.

- David Rusenko

topic: Garden, Conversation, Focused

Follow your deepest dream, the one you had as a kidbut stay focused.

- Donal Logue

source: "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Dream, Stay Focused, Focused

Archers are pretty focused.

- Geena Davis

topic: Archer, Focused

The happiest people are focused on living their own life (not someone else's) as well as possible.

- Harriet Lerner

source: FaceBook post by Harriet Lerner from Jan 04, 2015

topic: People, Wells, Focused

Part of being creative is not being super-duper focused.

- Joshua Foer

topic: Creative, Be Creative, Focused

I like to work and am a focused person.

- Joyce Meyer

topic: Persons, Focused

I had tried to get focused on other things. But I always ended up back in the same place, and it wasn't making me happy. I needed to get the focus back.

- Kate Moss

topic: Focus, Needed, Focused

If I have to be focused and watch what I say, then I have to be comfortable.

- Katherine Heigl

topic: Watches, Focused

Marriage is an undertaking that requires focused time and attention to prepare effectively.

- Laura M. Brotherson

topic: Attention, Focused, Undertakings

I'm focused on solving the problem that would make it plausible for gov't to get back to solving real problems.

- Lawrence Lessig

topic: Real, Problem, Focused

Satire is focused bitterness.

- Leo Rosten

topic: Bitterness, Satire, Focused

Some actors need to be rattled and some need to be focused

- Liev Schreiber

topic: Needs, Actors, Focused

When your entire life is focused around one goal and one goal only, and you have no other pursuits, it enables you to achieve enormous mastery.

- Liz Garbus

source: Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

topic: Goal, Achieve, Focused

I'm focused on going out every day and doing my best.

- Maria Sharapova

source: "Grand slam designs: Maria Sharapova's fashion statement" by Paul Gittings, edition.cnn.com. January 27, 2012.

topic: Focus, Going Out, Focused

Everyone is just as committed and focused as they were the first season

- Matt LeBlanc

topic: Firsts, Committed, Focused

I'm very focused when I'm making a movie, but I'm also a fantastic multitasker.

- Melissa George

topic: Fantastic, Focused

I'm very focused on "Dexter" right now. I want to make it as good of a show as we can.

- Michael C. Hall

topic: Want, Shows, Focused

Most important was to remain focused and always have presence of mind.

- Nafisa Joseph

topic: Mind, Important, Focused, Presence Of Mind

Stay focused on the mission.

- Naveen Jain

source: Twitter post from Oct 28, 2016

topic: Stay Focused, Missions, Focused

Neither left nor right has focused adequately on maternal health

- Nicholas D. Kristof

topic: Focused, Maternal Health

When we're focused on what we want, things begin to slot perfectly into place.

- Paulo Coelho

topic: Want, Focused

I'm not exactly an Einstein, so I compensate by being more focused.

- Peter Munk

topic: Focused

Too many are focused on rewriting the past, invent the future!

- Philippe Kahn

topic: Past, Rewriting, Focused

We forget to remain focused on the things that really matter.

- Pope Francis

topic: Matter, Forget, Focused

I am really focused on how I can improve myself and the world around me.

- Rachel Roy

source: "Face Time | Rachel Roy". Interview with Tina Turnbow, tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com. January 24, 2012.

topic: World, Prove Myself, Focused

If you arent focused on success, youre failing.

- Ray Torres

topic: Failing, Focused

There is nothing quite as potent as a focused life, one lived on purpose.

- Rick Warren

topic: Purpose, Focused

Trust is almost always conditional, focused, qualified, and therefore limited.

- Robert C. Solomon

source: Robert C. Solomon, Fernando Flores (2003). “Building Trust: In Business, Politics, Relationships, and Life”, p.86, Oxford University Press

topic: Trust, Qualified, Focused, Conditional

Edward was always focused, watching and also listening to what others couldn't see.

- Stephenie Meyer

topic: Listening, Focused

If you don't have a vision, you can never be focused in a direction.

- T. B. Joshua

topic: Vision, Focused

You have to be driven. You have to be focused. You have to be aware.

- Thomas Keller

topic: Ambition, Driven, Focused

My teammates, they keep you focused.

- Torrey Smith

topic: Focus, Teammate, Focused

I'm not perfect, but I'm focused when I have a goal.

- Vanessa L. Williams

topic: Goal, Perfect, Focused, I'm Not Perfect

If you love something, you have to stay really focused and can't let outside things distract you.

- Victoria Justice

topic: Focused

Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.

- Walt Disney

topic: Aim, Focused

I'm just focused on exploring new opportunities.

- Yuri Milner

topic: Opportunity, New Opportunity, Focused

think that texting and driving is a 100 percent no-go. I think it should be banned everywhere because you cannot be focused on looking ahead, in the mirrors, being aware of what's around you, and to type on a small keyboard and a small screen.

- Allan McNish

topic: Thinking, Driving, Focused

We focused so much on saying, "Don't vote for them and here's why" and we didn't tell the American people "Vote for us and here's why."

- Andrea Tantaros

source: Source: themoderatevoice.com

topic: People, Vote, Focused

The President should be focused on making the lives of Americans better. It's what he promised. It's what the country needs.

- Anthony Scaramucci

topic: Country, President, Focused

I'm more of an empiricist. I'm focused on right or wrong, as opposed to left or right.

- Anthony Scaramucci

topic: Left, Focused

I spent so much time focusing on haters that I forgot about the people that actually love me. And that's who I'm focused on this time around: the people that want to listen. The people that don't want to listen, don't listen. This is for the people that want to.

- Belly

source: Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

topic: People, Focused

I'm more focused at the plate- that's the key.

- Carlos Gonzalez

topic: Keys, Plates, Focused

We should always be learning or we will cease to be able to change or adapt. I think the best work on leadership today is by Ronald Heifetz. His work is focused on adaptive leadership.

- Chip Espinoza

source: Source: bobmorris.biz

topic: Thinking, Today, Focused

The way radio is working right now, you can't put out anything just based on the producer's name. The general public and radio are so selective and focused on a certain genre and a certain set of songs that you have to have a great song to crack through all that.

- Damon Thomas

source: Source: www.billboard.com

topic: Song, Focused

I look up to every model who is confident and who knows what they want in life, and who is goal orientated. So the models like Naomi Campbell, Cara Delevingne, Jourdan Dunn, Kate Moss. I look up to them because they are focused on where they want to go.

- Malaika Firth

topic: Goal, Look Up, Focused

Being is not passive; it takes focused awareness.

- Maureen Murdock

topic: Awareness, Passive, Focused

Florence is probably one of the most beautiful cities in Italy. It's very quiet as well - there's not much nightlife - so it definitely keeps me focused on the work.

- Peter Dundas

topic: Beautiful, Quiet, Focused

Follow your goals and stay focused, because you really don't have much time.

- Piggy D.

topic: Goal, Stay Focused, Focused

I am a focused person. I am a fighter.

- Maria das Gracas Silva Foster

topic: Fighter, Persons, Focused

I will continue to stay very focused on the economy.

- Donald Evans

topic: Stay Positive, Economy, Focused

It's important in any project to remain focused.

- Jehane Noujaim

source: Live chat, www.baltimoresun.com. May 31, 2001.

topic: Important, Projects, Focused

I like to be alone. I am focused on what I am doing. I feel the nature and I feel my body. It's so simple.

- Ueli Steck

source: Source: www.irunfar.com

topic: Simple, Focused

You are much more likely to have a holy experience in a quiet, focused, and communal context than you are when you are being entertained.

- Parker J. Palmer

source: "The Teacher's Journey: An Interview with Parker J. Palmer". Interview with Ron Jackson, www.youthworker.com.

topic: Quiet, Holy, Focused

I have never, ever focused on the negative of things. I always look at the positive.

- Sonia Sotomayor

source: "A Justice Deliberates: Sotomayor On Love, Health And Family". "Morning Edition" with Nina Totenberg, www.npr.org. January 12, 2013.

topic: Negative, Looks, Focused

Have lots of experiments, but make sure they're strategically focused.

- Adam Smith

topic: Experiments, Focused

We're very focused in on outcomes for government with respect to the amount of tax that goes in and the amount of expenditures that go out.

- Steve Ballmer

source: Source: www.pbs.org

topic: Taxes, Focused

Most of us are so focused on what we don't have that we're blinded to what we do have.

- Steven Furtick

topic: Blinded, Focused

You are truly focused when you're so focused that you don't know you're focused.

- Jerry Spinelli

topic: Knows, Focused

People are less focused on the story, and more on how the story is told.

- Lynne Tillman

source: Source: www.guernicamag.com

topic: People, Stories, Focused

You have to be very focused about the music that you have inside.

- Alfonso Cuaron

source: "Alfonso Cuaron on How Angelina Jolie and Robert Downey Jr. Almost Starred in 'Gravity'". Interview with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 18, 2014.

topic: Focused

To start to look more focused on the good that's been done and can be done.

- Joe Biden

source: Interview with Rachel Maddow, www.msnbc.com. February 18, 2016.

topic: Looks, Done, Focused

If I'm focused while I'm strokin I could change how you walk

- Curtis Jackson

topic: Walks, Ifs, Focused

There is no wisdom but that which is founded on the fear of God, which Solomon also declares to be the chief part of wisdom.

- John Calvin

source: "John Calvin's Commentaries On Isaiah 17- 32". Annotated Edition,

topic: Christian, Christian Inspirational, Focused

You feel what you're focused on.

- Tony Robbins

topic: Feels, Focused

I'm focused on what I'm doing and nothing can stop that.

- Tyga

source: "ManCrushMonday: Tyga Wants You to Know There's A Lot More to Him Than Kylie Jenner". Interview with Erica Gonzales, www.harpersbazaar.com. August 30, 2016.

topic: Focused

I'm quite neurotic, usually. But when it comes to work, I become extremely focused.

- Julie Delpy

source: Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. August 9, 2007.

topic: Neurotic, Focused

There's no day that is the same as the day before. So you have to be energized; you have to be focused.

- Hillary Clinton

topic: Focused

I can assure you President Trump and I are completely focused on the issues that matter most to the American people.

- Mike Pence

source: Source: www.cbsnews.com

topic: People, President, Focused

Words aren't hurting anybody. Words are not causing any damage, not expressly and not directly. But we're so focused on the words.

- Rush Limbaugh

source: Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

topic: Hurt, Damage, Focused

He strained to say something else. I leaned toward him. He focused on me. “Rape,” he promised. “Many, many times. Until you bleed . . .” “I’m so flattered.

- Ilona Andrews

source: Ilona Andrews (2009). “Magic Strikes”, p.135, Penguin

topic: Flattered, Focused

I'm way too focused to let anything stop me.

- Britney Spears

topic: Focus, Way, Focused

I've been pretty focused my entire life, and now that I have a family, I'm just going to keep that focus, but it's going to be a family focus.

- Wiz Khalifa

source: "Wiz Khalifa 'Backflipped' At Amber Rose Pregnancy News". Interview with Jim Cantiello, www.mtv.com. September 7, 2012.

topic: Focus, Focused

Be focused on process and not outcome

- Seth Klarman

topic: Outcomes, Process, Focused

Keeping grounded and keeping focused and keeping calm and thankful, that comes from God.

- Lenny Kravitz

source: "Lenny Kravitz: Living and Loving Every Moment". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

topic: Calm, Grounded, Focused

I'm not focused on being perfect. I like trial and error. You learn through uncomfortable experiences. And now I know what doesn't work for me, and I know what does.

- Janelle Monae

source: Source: feeds.glamour.com

topic: Perfect, Uncomfortable, Focused