David Byrne Quotes

I'm obsessed with making lists.

I kind of have a Victorian sensibility - I don't understand stuff until I can classify it and name it.

Lists are how I parse and manage the world.

I'm very Type A; I like to get my list done.

Lists have always implied social order.

I always make lists of things I need to get done. I like the sense of having completed one thing so I can move on to the next.

I read somewhere that people who make lists are more likely to achieve their ambitions.

I love to-do lists.

I am methodical about my email inbox, and I always have a physical to-do list. Without those two things, I think I'd lose my mind.

Everything in life is a checklist, whether it's building a birdhouse or building a kitchen. If you don't have a checklist, you're much more likely to forget something.

I have always lived my life by making lists: lists of people to call, lists of ideas, lists of companies to set up, lists of people who can make things happen. Each day I work through these lists, and that sequence of calls propels me forward.

I usually make to-do lists with timelines, and pen and paper does the trick for me.

I'm a big list maker. But if I cross off too many tasks and it's hard to see the remaining ones, I have to start a new list.

Dispatch is the soul of business, and nothing contributes more to dispatch than method.

If you look around my room, you see lots of lists. I'm inspired by what's up on the wall.

The good husband finds method as efficient in the packing of fire-wood in a shed, or in the harvesting of fruits in the cellar, as in Peninsular campaigns or the files of the Department of State.

You can't do it unless you organize.

I like to organize. I have an opinion. I like to get stuff done.

I have this massive notebook called IDEAS and another one called PERSONAL IDEAS and another one called CRAZY IDEAS.

Being successful doesn't make you manage your time well. Managing your time well makes you successful!

Remember, America: organization will set you free.

I'm up to my hairline in planning. It's a lot, especially when you're a woman of detail.

Organize and execute around priorities.

The better organized you are in the simple things, the more spontaneous and free you can be in the ore important things.

If your priorities don't get scheduled into your planner, other people's priorities will get put into your planner.