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Attaching Quotes

What we attach ourselves to, and why.

These attaching quotes cover a wide range - a childhood memory of attaching a wire hanger to a radio antenna, and an artist admitting discomfort attaching themselves emotionally to objects.

I was at MSNBC; I was constantly saying to them during Bridgegate, 'You've convicted Governor Christie without one iota of fact attaching him to the decision to stall the traffic on the bridge. Why don't we wait until the federal...

Quotes by Tom Brokaw

Kids are very sensitive to the value system of their parents, and I just felt my parents were attaching too much importance, too much meaning, to things.

Quotes by Tino Sehgal

In general, I avoided giving lectures or attaching myself while abroad to a university. To learn what I wanted to know, I went instead to rural communities and onto actual farms. Talk with university people, government officials and U.S. personnel...

Quotes by Theodore Schultz

Oftentimes, when you have a huge studio film and you have big names attached, they like to keep attaching big names.

Quotes by Taraji P. Henson

Absence Quotes

It is well known that the Nobel Committees bring world opinion to a focus, and that fact still further enhances the prestige attaching to the Prizes.

Quotes by Robert Robinson

I remember attaching a wire clothing hanger to the antenna of my radio in my bedroom, so I could get the frequency and get that station and listen to the top 10 every night.

Quotes by Nelly Furtado

The idea of celebrity has always been very strange to me because it's taking the focus away from the music and attaching it to a person. When we put someone on a pedestal or idolize them, we're giving our own...

Quotes by Marketa Irglova

If you don't do yoga, it doesn't mean that you can't have a sense of detachment, which means not attaching yourself to your thoughts or your emotions.

Quotes by Mandy Ingber

I am satisfied that our Party and youth league officials are devoting efforts to tending the garden of virtues with all sincerity true to the Party's idea of attaching importance to young people, and highly appreciate them with a warm...

Quotes by Kim Jong-un

Antenna Quotes

The development of the meaning attaching to the personal self, the conscious being, is the subject matter of the history of psychology.

Quotes by James Mark Baldwin

When you join a political party, you are attaching yourself with an organisation of skilled people. And when you work with an organisation, your working capacity becomes double. One can perform better with the help of an organisation to implement...

Quotes by Govinda

A necessary consequent of religious belief is the attaching ideas of merit to that belief, and of demerit to its absence.

Quotes by Frances Wright

I started moving towards Serbia when I felt my country, Yugoslavia, was being taken away from me. My feeling of nationality was not as strong as those around me who were attaching themselves to these absurd new entities.

Quotes by Emir Kusturica

There is no question of the government or myself attaching less importance to the use of English.

Quotes by Carrie Lam

Bedroom Quotes

We become attached to certain characters in novels, mostly because they have some mystery attaching to them. We re-read the books, but we're still left wanting to know more. In my own case, it was 'Great Expectations' and Miss Havisham...

My work comes out of a deep psychological place, so it's not like I'm Object Man at home. Theoretically, I'm not against objects, but, personally, I'm not comfortable attaching myself to them - I don't seek them out. What you...

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the childhood memory quote about attaching?
It recalls attaching a wire clothing hanger to a bedroom radio's antenna as a kid, just to get better reception and listen to the nightly top 10 broadcast.
Does any quote discuss attaching blame unfairly?
Yes, one quote criticizes news coverage during a political scandal, arguing a public figure was being treated as guilty without solid evidence actually attaching them to the decision.
Is there a quote about not attaching yourself emotionally to objects?
Yes, one artist says that while they are not against objects in theory, they are personally uncomfortable attaching themselves to things, despite their work coming from a deep psychological place.
Does a quote here mention parents attaching too much meaning to things?
Yes, one speaker recalls feeling as a kid that their parents were attaching too much importance and meaning to certain things, given how sensitive children are to a parent's value system.
What other quote pages connect to this theme?
Try Focus quotes for more on where attention goes, or Absence quotes for the opposite idea of detachment.

Another quote pushes back on media attaching blame to someone without solid evidence. For related reading, see Focus quotes or Absence quotes.