Cary Fukunaga Quotes

There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.

Never before have we had so little time in which to do so much.

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.

When you're on set, and that clock is going, every second you spend doing something is a second you spend not doing something else. That's true of all of life, but it's very vivid on a film set because you're always managing that.

I wish there were 48 hours in a day and 14 days in a week.

I ain't got time to bleed.

The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to do everything. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay no attention to the little amount of work they are required to do. They complain constantly that the day is too short. The truth is, they are afraid to fight the good fight.

Quality is abundant. Time is the new scarcity.

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

Those who never have time do least

Do each day all that can be done that day. You don't need to overwork or to rush blindly into your work trying to do the greatest possible number of things in the shortest possible time. Don't try to do tomorrow's or next week's work today. It's not the number of things you do, but the quality, the efficiency of each separate action that count. To achieve this "habit of success," you need only to focus on the most important tasks and succeed in each small task of each day.

The thing is to try to do as much as you can in the time that you have.

For me, time is everything, because from the time you wake up you have to have your heart and soul in this. You have to work through the day, you have to go to the gym, you have to eat, and yet you have to work as fast as possible to get home and get rest before the next day begins again.

The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.

Perhaps, after all, there is something in the theory that only the ultra-busy can find time for everything.

I don't work for a long time on anything. I don't have too much time in life.

The key to having more time is doing less, and there are two paths to get there, both of which should be used together: (1) Define a short to-do list and (2) define a not-to-do list.

You’d better get busy, though, buddy. The goddam sands run out on you every time You turn around. I know what I’m talking about. You’re lucky if you get time to sneeze In this goddam phenomenal world.

... so many tremendous decisions in life are made because it is five o'clock.

The big problem is time. I don't have enough of it to do all the things I think about doing.

People now feel time accelerating. Lists allow them to feel some sense of accomplishment.

Leaders understand that the real fight is the fight against time. There's so much to achieve in such less time.

I try to compartmentalize as much as possible, and I have the most amazing team in the world. They really set up my time in a way that is completely efficient all the time.

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

Faced with a time shortage, we squeeze tasks into the nooks and crannies of our calendar, leaving less and less time to switch between them. As a result, we become less and less productive exactly when we need to be most productive.