Don't want text for selected cell to show up in formula bar.

Is there any way to make it so that the text for a selected cell dosen't show up in the formula bar? I have quite a few cells with a lot of text in them and when those cells are selected it covers up the other data on the screen. I would like to make it so that nothing shows up in the formula bar when these cells are selected, or when any cells are selected, for that matter. I was also wondering if it was possible to do this for a specific range of cells as well. Thanks in advance to your response.