Schedules quotes
226 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.....We must not.....assume that our schedule is our own to manage, but allow it to be arranged by God."
"The moment is freedom. — I couldn’t live by a rigid schedule. I try to live freely from moment to moment, letting things happen and adjusting to them."
"With TV, you just have to finish the days and get the episodes out. And it's always going to be an impossible schedule. That's the funny thing with TV that not a lot of people realize."
"Today's child is bewildered when he enters the 19th century environment that still characterizes the educational establishment where information is scarce but ordered and structured by fragmented, classified patterns subjects, and schedules."
"I will absolutely say that whatever job I was asked to do, whatever schedule I was asked to work, it is never going to be as hard as looking after a child."
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"Cheops' Law: Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget."
"I really do like surprises. I'm not so talented at planning things out or having schedules before or sticking to the plan per se, but yeah I'm very much a spontaneous guy and it's sort of hard for me to multi-task and to have all these things going on at once."
"I couldn't possibly lead the kind of life I lead, and keep the schedule that I do, having radiation or chemotherapy."
"It's not your schedule that keeps you from praying, it's your failure to realize the importance of prayer."
"I like that kind of frantic schedule. It makes me feel like I have a purpose."
"My academic schedule is lighter this year because it's an Olympic year."
"You're all going to die. I hate to remind you, but it is on your schedule. It probably won't happen when you'd like; generally, it's an inconvenience."
"The kids are a big part of my schedule."
"When I have a full schedule like that, I don't see myself sitting there for a couple of months, doing the research, going through a painful process, it's just not my thing anymore."
"Everyone is going to binge on a diet, for instance, so plan for it, schedule it, and contain the damage."
"Your daily schedule reflects your deepest values."
"Do you have any toy train schedules?"
"I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me."
"I'm a slave to this leaf in a diary that lists what I must do, what I must say, every half hour."
"A revised schedule is to business what a new season is to an athlete or a new canvas to an artist."
"Don't prioritize your schedule, schedule those priorities."
"If you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell shouldn't schedule a meeting with me before 10am."
"Sometimes it is hard because my schedule is crazy. I am homeschooled, so my school travels with me."
"Software is inherently complicated. If you say to somebody I want an airline reservation system, to really say what you want in terms of overbooking and fares, and different airlines communicating with each or schedule changes, it's immensely complex. And so you can't write a program that's any simpler than that full specification."
"I don't want to talk about the vampire schedule. That's just gonna upset me."
