Esperanza Spalding Quotes

I think of all my time as existing in 15-minute blocks. Most people think in terms of 30-minute chunks, but I've found that when I free up more time, I waste it.

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.

You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.

Most of the time I spend looking for the 25th hour in the day, the ninth day in the week, the 32nd day in the month and the 367th, eighth or 70th day in the year because I feel I have a very rich life.

There just aren't enough hours in the day; I've got a lot of things that I want to do, and those that I can do, I'm going to make sure that I do do!

Lists today are a way of trying to get through the day, because we are losing a sense of time.

Here's the deal: I believe - and I attempt to live my life this way - we all have more time than we think we do. We all waste so much time.

With my responsibilities comes having to manage my time more efficiently.

I think time management as a label encourages people to view each 24-hour period as a slot in which they should pack as much as possible.

Most people have never thought through how they're going to allocate their time. You need to make a decision in advance.

You are right that I don't have a lot of spare time because I love to stay busy and keep my calendar full.

When I have spare time, I catch up on things I've had to postpone due to lack of time.

When you have endless time, you take all day to go to the grocery store. But, if you have to be at work for 14 hours a day, you manage your time better. I know I do.

I have to paint at least two times a week, and there's not enough time in the day to do everything.

Avoiding the phrase 'I don't have time...', will soon help you to realize that you do have the time needed for just about anything you choose to accomplish in life.

We need a sense of the value of time - that is, of the best way to divide one's time into one's various activities.

There's only X amount of time. You can do whatever you want with that time. It's your time.

I plan my life in 15-minute sections.

We all deal with issues of time. The first thing you do in the morning is look at the clock to see what time it is.

I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.

One of my favorite programs that we didn't make is Rescue Time. It runs in the corner of my computer and tracks how much time I spend on different things. I realized that even though I was doing e-mail only a couple of minutes at a time, it was adding up to a couple of hours a day. So I'm trying to reduce that.

The thing you have to understand is that there are only so many things you can do in a year. There are only so many days in a year. There is only so much time you can set aside for certain projects.

Argh... I could be better with my time. I like to be punctual, but I could be better.

You only have so much time in a day.

I'm all about time management. I have gotten my makeup prep in the morning down to, like, four minutes. There's just not enough time in the day.