Application Quote by Fred Brooks

The bearing of a child takes nine months, no matter how many women are assigned.

— Anonymous

For women, a combination of protecting family life, prioritizing young children, and dealing with rising child-care costs cause them to leave the work force…

— Mary Katharine Ham

One has to divide attention between having kids and a full workload.

— Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange

But when you work long hours, you never want your children to think they're not a priority - so something else in the schedule…

— Susanna Reid

It is true that as you have children, there are a good many months when you don't want to be working full-time. I agree…

— Sandra Day O'Connor

I have got two sons and they are seven and five and I believe that the most difficult thing in this world is to…

— Sussanne Khan

Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important.

— Tim Ferriss

I don't think that scheduling is uncreative. I think that structure is required for creativity.

— Twyla Tharp

There are always roles that seem enticing that you can't do because of scheduling.

— John Krasinski

I don't know why some people have children at all if they know that they can only take a few weeks off work.

— Mem Fox

It's not at all hard to reconcile the two things if you organize your time intelligently. Even when my sons were little, I was…

— Indira Gandhi

If a child is off-task...mayb e the problem is not the child...maybe it's the task.

— Alfie Kohn