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.

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.

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.

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

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

The couples that are meant to be, are the ones who go through everything that is meant to tear them apart, and come out even stronger.

To Armstrong, constantly speaking about 'Apollo 11' only diminished the magic. That's why he worked overtime to avoid notice, living a quiet life in Indian Hill, Ohio.

Nuclear missiles don't discriminate on party lines when they land.

I've got CDs in my car, listening all the time for that next song, because everybody's looking.

The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until weve finished building it.

It's always really hard to kill off someone who you just really enjoy working with, writing for, and seeing on the screen.

I'm not gonna rush out and see the next 'Batman;' I'm not big on formula movies.

If pro-abortionists want to commit intellectual suicide and deny scientific facts, that's their problem. But there's no reason a civilized society should fund their anti-scientific outlook - or accept its inhumane consequences.

I'm easy to hate.

We may have to learn to live with cancer rather than die of it. It means a big change in our mindset and how we do research. We haven't quite reached there yet.

I seem to have tireless energy when I get involved in things, on an almost OCD basis, which is a good way to do things because if you're gonna do something, you'd better make sure you do it well.

I've always been interested in space and the idea of exploration in that area since I was a child growing up through the '60s.

The value of a story like 'Deadline' is kids get to look at death at the perfect distance. They can put the book down. They can experience the story, rub up against it, but it's not real life.

I know that the odds are against a marriage lasting 60 years.

When I step in the ring, I bring everything I have.

To me, technology was a means to an end to achieve the social justice goals, stronger democracy and more effective government that is the aim of what I do.

One minute of reconciliation is worth more than a whole life of friendship!

I only wish I had more time for fund raising.

The world is noisy and messy. You need to deal with the noise and uncertainty.

Phish has never had anything to do with any trends at all in America.

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach

I take a script and mull over it and underline the bits I want to emphasize. When I go to the set, I know exactly what I want to do.

It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answer to those who contend for the gradual degeneration of the human species, that every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.

Never let an inventor run a company. You can never get him to stop tinkering and bring something to market.