"Multi-taskers often think they are like gym rats, bulking up their ability to juggle tasks, when in fact they are like alcoholics, degrading their abilities through over-consumption."

-- Clay Shirky

#Thinking Quotes #Gym Rats Quotes #Tasks Quotes

“If I fall in love with a woman, thatâ€™s awesome. If I fall in love with a man, thatâ€™s awesome. As long as you fall in loveâ€¦ Itâ€™s like organic food. I only eat healthy food, and I only want healthy love!”
“Critics don't want to see directors they like make too much of a left turn. That's good for criticism.”
“Mistakes are like the memories you hide in an attic: old love letters from relationships that tanked, photos of dead relatives, toys from a childhood you miss. Out of sight is out of mind, but somewhere deep inside you know they still exist. And you also know that you're avoiding them.”
“We're all getting lashed to the great wheel of uniformity.”
“I think that in today's world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness.”
“By the time I sit down and face the blank page I am raring to go. I tell it as if I'm talking to my best friend or one of my grandchildren.”

Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction" by Michael Morpurgo, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.
“This is the national equivalent of having no savings, your credit card maxed out, you didn't renew your insurance, and now your house has burned down. The only way we can start to solve this is rolling back the tax cuts for the rich, which would save about $70 billion.”
“Chuck Norris knows the last digit of PI.”

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