Drew Gilpin Faust Quotes

I have a bad habit of reading more than one book simultaneously!

I always have kind of a few books going at the same time.

You have to make one thing a priority and achieve balance that way, rather than trying to do everything all at once.

You cannot do only one thing.

I will read four or five books at the same time.

I had too many big passions in life and it gets in the way of work. You can't concentrate properly on the one thing.

I believe when you have your hands on four or five pots at once, you can never have a firm grip on one pot. My one pot is being a boxer.

I never read one book at a time.

I'll read anything. In fact, I'll read while I'm doing other things, which is not a good idea.

I'm lucky - I can do two things at once.

I'm usually working on eight or 10 things at once.

You can't work on 15 problems at the same time.

Play more than one game at a time. This is a painless way to learn how to do many things at once.

I'm not the kind of person who can do a lot of things at the same time.

There's always a fine line between being too focused and missing opportunities, or being too wide and taking on too many.

To do two things at once is to do neither.

I always interrupt work with other work, either in a small way or big way, so that's normal.

I always have several books on the go at any one moment, so it's no good you asking 'What's on the bedside table at the moment, Emma?' because often I can't even see the table!

Who seeketh two strings to one bow, he may shoot strong but never straight.

I have a short attention span, so when one book isn't working out, I just work on another.

I may be on set acting, I may be in the studio recording, I might be teaching dance class all in the same day - so how can I manage all of those needs, prepare for all of those things, and still grow and train in all of them? The best you can do is, when you're focusing on one, be there and be present.

I can't do too many things at one time.

I can't do too much of one thing, or I get very distracted.

I'm the kind of guy that I cannot just lock myself in the room and just think tennis for 24 hours.

Juggling too many things can disturb the balance and throw your personal or professional life off track.