Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done - like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.

I think it remains a film-by-film process, and since I am relatively selective and slow, it can take a while.

The degree of slowness is directionally proportional to the intensity of memory. The degree of speed is directionally proportional to the intensity of forgetting.

Ah, ladies and gentlemen, a man lives a sad life when he cannot take anything or anyone seriously.

If we only have one life to live, we might as well not have lived at all.

Let us be poised, wise and our own today.

He is precisely the young man to fall headlong in love and repent it for the rest of his life.

One of the very worst uses of time is to do something very well that need not to be done at all.

The law of increasing returns says that the more you focus on doing the few things that represent the most valuable use of your time, the better you become at those activities and the less time it takes you to accomplish each one.

The first rule of frog eating is this: If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first.

You can get control of your time and your life only by changing the way you think, work, and deal with the never-ending river of responsibilities that flows over you each day. You can get control of your tasks and activities only to the degree that you stop doing some things and start spending more time on the few activities that can really make a difference in your life.

Apply the Law of Three: Identify the three things you do in your work that account for 90 percent of your contribution, and focus on getting them done before anything else. You will then have more time for your family and personal life.