Tyranny Of The Urgent Quotes & Sayings

We know when we use the full talents of our population we're more productive. And we know that when people really feel like they can have flexible lives, they're better employees. — Sheryl Sandberg

Jack made it very comfortable for me on the set. We'd met socially before but never worked together. You know, he's very professional, very disciplined and he's always prepared and knows his lines. — Kathy Bates

Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel. — Ansel Adams

Remember, if you do the same act for 20, 30 years it gets a little boring unless you've got something else going for you ... And the orchestra really kept you going. They'd laugh at all your jokes, even if they'd been hearing them for the last 30 years. — Donald O'Connor

It had to be close to a hundred degrees in — Nicholas Sparks

Christ must do a lot of puking when he reflects upon the good works done in his name. — Pat Conroy

I would bend the knee before the poorest scavenger, the poorest untouchable in India for having participated in crushing him for centuries; I would even take the dust off his feet. — Mahatma Gandhi

Clouseau: Does yer dewg bite? Inn Keeper: No Clouseau: Nice Doggy (bends down to pet a dachshund - it snarls and bites him) I thought you said yer dewg did not bite! Inn Keeper: Zat ... iz not my dog! — Peter Sellers

An anti-racist person is on a life-long journey that includes forming new understanding of and ways to live her or his racial identity and then increasing commitment to and engagement in anti-racism actions — Louise Derman-Sparks

The important task rarely must be done today, or even this week ... But the urgent task calls for instant action ... The momentary appeal of these tasks seems irresistible and important, and they devour our energy. But in the light of time's perspective, their deceptive prominence fades; with a sense of loss we recall the vital tasks we pushed aside. We realize we've become slaves to the tyranny of the urgent. — Charles Hummel

That one special thing that you always wanted to accomplish never gets done because you lived each day under the tyranny of the urgent. — Paul David Tripp

If you want me to do something else useful, you had better show me what that something else is. — Joanna Russ

For the turning away of the simple, shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. — Thomas Boston

A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny. It condemns the citizen to servitude. — Calvin Coolidge

I stay balanced by remembering to prioritize. What is most important should never be railroaded by the "tyranny of the urgent." My relationship with God, my devotion to my husband, my responsibilities to my children, loving others, and, of course, remaining grateful for the blessings that I have. Like getting to do what I love for a living. And trust me, I am. — Maria Canals Barrera