Deadline Quotes

179 Deadline quotes by 157 unique authors

There is no doubt that directing television has helped hone my directing skills. What television teaches you is to be efficient and to think on… — Emilio Estevez
I wish I could set deadlines for the Congress, but that's just not the way the Constitution is written. — Robert M. Gates
A perfect method of adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large. — Alyce Cornyn-Selby
Call me a braggart, call me arrogant. People at ABC (and elsewhere) have called me worse. But when you need the job done on deadline,… — Sam Donaldson
Our actions today will protect children from the adverse effects of exposure to pesticides commonly used on foods. The agency also is on schedule to… — Carol Browner
There are a lot of problems in the world, a lot of tragic things that have to be addressed, economic, medical, political, all kinds of… — Dean Stockwell
Two things you need to know about taxes. They've extended the deadline to April 18, and when you write your check, just make it out… — David Letterman
Red lights, green lights, stop and go jive. Headlines, deadlines, jamming your mind. — Billy Squier
As for a fashion designer, you have those very precise deadlines to keep so you have to renew yourself constantly every three or six months.… — Gaspard Ulliel
I couldn't imagine, and I don't say this with any pride, but I really couldn't imagine writing without a desperate deadline. — Hunter S. Thompson
Any job ends up with stress, and certainly there's always a deadline looming when you work in TV. It's sort of constant. — Dan Povenmire
Going off the grid is always good for me. It's the way that I've started books and finished books and gotten myself out of deadline… — Neil Gaiman
It's ironic that at age 32, at probably the greatest moment of my career, with The Godfather having such an enormous success, I wasn't even… — Francis Ford Coppola
I write on weekends, on vacation, and, really - on deadline and on my floor. Both terrible for the back. — Sloane Crosley
I envy people who can think, 'No, I'm not going to work today' when they have a huge pile of deadlines stacking up. — Julian Fellowes
The deadlines are much, much longer with books. When I was a reporter, a lot of times I'd come in at 8:30 a.m., get an… — Margaret Haddix
When you are overworked and exhausted, there is a sense of kind of delirium and that's why I think architects do all-nighters and they kind… — Zaha Hadid
Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace… — Oscar Hammerstein II
If I'm right in the middle of a deadline, I'm up really early. — Marilu Henner
I could not do what I do, and teach a class, and never miss a deadline, never be late for anything if I was a… — Christopher Hitchens

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