Task Quotes

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Other people can think ahead all they want. I just focus on the task at hand and try to move on. — Jeremy Renner
I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other. — Rainer Maria Rilke
Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded… — Theodore Isaac Rubin
It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the principal task. — Donald Rumsfeld
Our task, your task... is to try to connect the dots before something happens. People say, 'Well, where's the smoking gun?' Well, we don't want… — Donald Rumsfeld
The Secretary of Defense is not a super General or Admiral. His task is to exercise civilian control over the Department for the Commander-in-Chief and… — Donald Rumsfeld
Many people feel they must multi-task because everybody else is multitasking, but this is partly because they are all interrupting each other so much. — Marilyn vos Savant
Mostly I make lists for projects. This can be daunting. Breaking something big into its constituent parts will help you organize your thoughts, but it… — Adam Savage
Experts say you can't concentrate on more than one task at a time. — Marilyn vos Savant
The half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propitious to any task which was exercising my invention... It was always when… — Walter Scott
When someone does a small task beautifully, their whole environment is affected by it. — Jerry Seinfeld
I'm a mother. Mothers multi-task. — Sherri Shepherd
Being friends with anyone for 30 years is no easy task - people change, they drift apart, they move on. — Alana Stewart
Popular as Keynesian fiscal policy may be, many economists are skeptical that it works. They argue that fine-tuning the economy is a virtually impossible task,… — James Surowiecki
Campaigns fail if they waste resources courting voters who are unpersuadable or already persuaded. Their most urgent task is to find and persuade the few… — James Surowiecki
The central task of science is to arrive, stage by stage, at a clearer comprehension of nature, but this does not at all mean, as… — Lewis Thomas
Well, yes, I've fired a lot of people. Generally I like other people to fire, because it's always a lousy task. But I have fired… — Donald Trump
Our task is not to rediscover nature but to remake it. — Raoul Vaneigem
I pity the young woman who will attempt to insinuate herself between my mama's boy and me. I sympathize with the monumental nature of her… — Ayelet Waldman
I have a company, and I've got to think about that. I'm trying to do my best there, and that's a much harder task. We… — Vivienne Westwood

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