If an action will take less than two minutes, it should be done at the moment it is defined.

Your mind is for having ideas, not for holding them.

Pretend your brain is a white board. Is it covered with to-do lists and “DO NOT ERASE”? Is there space for drawing and combining ideas?

If we don’t appropriately manage the ‘open loops’ in our life, our attention will get pulled.

Overwhelm comes from not clarifying what your intended outcome is, not deciding what the very next action is, and not reminding yourself of your intended outcome and action.

You need to transform all the ‘stuff’ you attract and accumulate into a clear inventory of meaningful actions, projects, and usable information.

Getting things done requires defining what “done” means and what “doing” looks like.

Mastering your workflow involves capturing what has your attention, clarifying what it means, putting it where it belongs, reviewing it frequently and engaging with it.

Anxiety and guilt don’t come from having too much to do; it comes from breaking agreements with yourself.

I watch every day when we hit and take ground balls and the way we go about our business. If I saw any lackadaisical approach, that would concern me.

You want to see women your own age in films.

The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where one is.

Gender has become part of the defining way that youth organise themselves and rebel against adults.

I love stand up, but every year, the road takes a little more out of you.

I'm not getting into a public debate with Jack Nicklaus.

The two most exciting things for me to get to work on 'The Wolverine' was getting to work with James Mangold, the director who directed '3:10 to Yuma' and 'Walk the Line' as well as getting to work with Hugh Jackman.

Such is the endless dilemma of dialect. Not every reader will ever agree with the way that I handle it, no matter how hard I work to keep everything readable. But again it's that balance I have to maintain between keeping it easy and keeping it real, and I know that I'll never please everyone.

I can't see as well as I used to. Which is actually convenient because everything I see is in extremely soft focus! I think that's God's little gift to me.

Cardio is tough after a day of skating, but with my iPod I can get into the moment and complete the cardio training for the day.

The truest wild beasts live in the most populous places.

I'm not trying to steer people in a direction. I'm just trying to move them. Wherever it takes them, it doesn't matter to me. I just want them to be moved in one way or another, and that's a hard thing to do, I think.

Everyone has their own mission in life and what they've got to do. You can't knock them for it. There's always a lot going in people's lives.

I thought I could do something different from any Conservative prime minister before me. But I couldn't.

The best books are the ones that ask the most questions.

Resolve to keep happy and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

A mortal lives not through that breath that flows in and that flows out. The source of his life is another and this causes the breath to flow.

Any cat who misses a mouse pretends it was aiming for the dead leaf.

I know I am right for Scarlett. I can convince Mr. Selznick.

Most large companies structure their affairs so that they minimize their tax payments. As long as you do it within the law, it's OK.

There's nothing so improves the mood of the Party as the imminent execution of a senior colleague.

To be honest, bread constipates me, and I like to have my daily bowel movement.

Many Americans, and many more people around the world, have been outraged by what they see as President George W. Bush's radical reordering of American foreign policy.