David Foster Wallace Attention Quotations

Probably the most dangerous thing about college education, at least in my own case, is that it enables my tendency to over-intellectualize stuff, to get lost in abstract arguments inside my head instead of simply paying attention to what's going on right in front of me. TC mark

People, unless they're paying attention, tend to confuse fanciness with intelligence or authority.

It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience.

Whatever you get paid attention for is never what you think is most important about yourself.

The entire ball game, in terms of both the exam and life, was what you gave attention to vs. what you willed yourself to not.