Focus Quote by John le Carré Download Open image ““Urgent equals ephemeral, and ephemeral equals unimportant.”” — John le Carré ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Focus Time management Urgent
“Just because it says URGENT doesn’t necessarily mean it’s important.” — Frank Sonnenberg Copy Share Image
Ephemeral" It means 'which is in danger of speedy disappearance. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
“Some people are so busy dealing with urgent matters that they fail to address the important ones.” — Frank Sonnenberg Copy Share Image
“If you ignore the urgent, it can kill you today. It’s also true, however, that if you ignore the important, it can kill you… — Chris McChesney Copy Share Image
“What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
“Everything practical and applicable is impractictal and inapplicable to the inactive participant.” — Wayne Chirisa Copy Share Image
“all information and interruptions that are irrelevant, unimportant, or unactionable.” — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
Urgent necessity prompts many to do things, at the very thoughts of which they perhaps would start at other times. — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
Ephemerality is the little magazine's generic fate; by promptly dying it gives proof that it remained loyal to its first program. — Frederick Crews Copy Share Image
The creation of George Smiley, the retired spy recalled to hunt for just such a high-ranking mole in 'Tinker, Tailor,' was extremely personal. I… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
During the Cold War, we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there were shades of grey and ambiguity. — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“You're history, Donohue. You think countries run the fucking world! Go back to fucking Sunday school. It's 'God save our multinational' they're singing these… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
The trouble is, when professional spies go out of their way to make a definitive statement about one of their own, the public tends… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
Ideologies have no heart of their own. They're the whores and angels of our striving selves. — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“Pain observed is journalistic pain. It's diplomatic pain. It's television pain, over as soon as you switch off your beastly set.” — John le Carré Copy Share Image
The greatest threat to mankind comes from the renunciation of individual scruple in favor of institutional denominators. . . . Real heroism lies, as… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“and the wood smoke will roll out of the fireplace on to the carpet we paid too much for on that rainy afternoon in… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
“Middle children weep longer than their brothers and sisters. Over her mother’s shoulder, stilling her pains and her injured pride, Jackie Lacon watched the… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
If you take your eye off the ball or lose focus for even a minute you can lose a game against any team. — Felipe Anderson Copy Share Image
Music is a job, but I figured out ways to get my mind into a place where I could be creative. I actually discovered… — Flume Copy Share Image
I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon… — Magdalena Neuner Copy Share Image
By making conscious choices in our behavior and where we focus our attention, we can transform our experience of our body, decrease our biological… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
I think I've had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records. I think I'm that guy. I'm still… — Nas Copy Share Image
“This is Galileo,” said Aristotle. “He advocates understanding the world through observation and experiment. He is an unimaginative thinker, but his results demand our… — Liu Cixin Copy Share Image
If you ask another competitor, they may tell you they felt very competitive towards me. But I can tell you that my biggest competition… — Michelle Kwan Copy Share Image
When you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Then don't leave… — Minor White Copy Share Image
Enlightened people live in very charged states of attention, with a tremendous power circuiting through them. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
