Stephen Colbert Quotes

I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'.

I try to list the top three things to get done every day, and I'll be lucky if I hit all three, but it's amazing what that does to keep you on track.

Write down the most important things you have to do tomorrow.

Time management is an oxymoron. Time is beyond our control, and the clock keeps ticking regardless of how we lead our lives. Priority management is the answer to maximizing the time we have.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

Boundary setting is really a huge part of time management.

I learned long ago to focus on things you can control and don't even pay attention to things you don't.

This is the key to time management - to see the value of every moment.

I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.

Also, I'm always learning better and better how to prioritize and how to leave certain things for the next day.

Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.

When I quit all these things and said I didn't have any time, I meant I didn't have any time.

Since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.

Time management is really key for me.

You can't master time, but you have to work your hardest to manage it.

One of the nice things about being busy is it makes you focus on what's important to you and how you use your time.

The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done.

Well-arranged time is the surest mark of a well-arranged mind.

I have certain rules that I've established for myself that took a while post-day job to figure out. Everyone says people who freelance or are writers struggle with the structure of it. I'm not allowed to check email before a certain hour. I'm not allowed to run errands during the day. I have to write a certain amount every day.

I am definitely going to take a course on time management... just as soon as I can work it into my schedule.

If I had one singular galvanizing ambition in life, I would try to reverse engineer toward it, but I don't.

The secret to multitasking is that it isn't actually multitasking. It's just extreme focus and organization.

The future comes one day at a time.

There is time enough for everything, in the course of the day, if you do but one thing at once; but there is not time enough in the year, if you will do two things at a time.

I try to keep the number of projects I'm involved in down to one per year.