Luis von Ahn Quotes

The idea of being in a television series is a wonderful one to be considered, but you want to make sure it's the right thing for you because if you are fortunate enough to have something go for a long term, you want to make sure that it's something that you really want to be spending a bulk of your time on.

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

I either delegate something, I dump it, or I deal with it.

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

I always tell young people when I'm trying to encourage them, 'You have certain windows in your life, and you have to take advantage of it. You gotta jump through because they will shut on you.'

You weigh your pros and cons and what's real. You want to play baseball? Yeah. You want to go to school? If that's the best option, than that is what it is.

Tennis is a small window. You're not going to have unlimited chances, unlimited opportunities. You can't waste time.

Opportunity cost is a huge filter in life. If you've got two suitors who are really eager to have you and one is way the hell better than the other, you do not have to spend much time with the other. And that's the way we filter out buying opportunities.

I try to spend my time on areas that I think are important for the future, and where I think I can add value.

Life is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult.

You have to ruthlessly prioritize.

Successful people are decisive people. When opportunities come their way, they evaluate them carefully, make a decision, and take appropriate action. They know that indecision wastes time that could be spent on more productive tasks.

Nothing is of greater importance in time of war than in knowing how to make the best use of a fair opportunity when it is offered.

Don't fool yourself that important things can be put off till tomorrow; they can be put off forever, or not at all

Do it, delegate it, delay it, or dump it.

Lack of time is actually lack of priorities.

Why couldn't it have been done 2 years ago, and why will 2 years in the future be too late?

Or is there no such thing as 'too late'? Is there only 'late' and is 'late' always better than 'never'? I don't know.

Young people in general - and young women in particular - need to understand that they cannot retrieve in their forties the opportunities they threw away in their twenties.

Right when I started getting solid was when I was offered a lot of writing work. And when The Ben Stiller Show was picked up, I realized there was no way for me to do stand-up three or four nights a week and run this television show with Ben. So that was the moment when I had to make a choice.

The cost of procrastination is generally far greater than the cost of making mistakes.

It's weird to make a decision where everyone in your life disapproves, pretty vocally and directly. They said, "You've got one year left. Just do it." I had a full scholarship so I didn't have to pay for it. They asked, "Why don't you just get the degree so you can have it?" And I said, "You don't understand. I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do and now I know. I have the answer and it's dumb to waste any more time."

You must distinguish between what is urgent and what is important. You could accomplish all of the urgent things that you desire without accomplishing anything that is important.

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

Generally you should act somewhere between P40 and P70, as I call it. Sometime after you have obtained 40 percent of all the information you are liable to get, start thinking in terms of making a decision. When you have about 70 percent of all the information, you probably ought to decide, because you may lose an opportunity in losing time.