quotes about Inattention
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In India, there are real consequences to inattention; drivers who jeopardize pedestrians can be lynched on the spot.
-- Bharati Mukherjee -
The true distinction ... between what is called a fine Regiment, and an indifferent one will ever, upon investigation, be found to originate in, and depend upon the care, or the inattention, of the Officers belonging to them.
-- George Washington -
Through our inattention, we have wasted the years that we might have used to prepare for lessened oil supplies. The next ten years are critical.
-- Kenneth S. DeffeyesSource : Kenneth S. Deffeyes (2006). “Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak”, p.12, Macmillan
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The function of ignoring, of inattention, is as vital a factor in mental progress as the function of attention itself.
-- William James -