Task Quotes
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With this in mind, for some twenty years I have set myself as my particular task the experimental investigation of the connexion between change in the structure and change in the spectra of chemical atoms.
Johannes Stark
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Lay hold of today's task, and you will not depend so much upon tomorrow's.
Seneca the Younger
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When you program, you want to think you're writing the best possible program for the... for the task you're trying to solve.
Bill Gates
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I believe that the quintessential task of every painter in any time has been to concentrate on the essential.
Gerhard Richter
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I'm lazy but generally task oriented so having a hoop to jump through means eventually I'll make the effort.
Thomas Lynch
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When a monk is an arahant, with his fermentations ended - one who has reached fulfillment, done the task, laid down the burden, attained the true goal, totally destroyed the fetter of becoming, and is released through right gnosis - the thought doesn't occur to him that 'There is someone better than me,' or 'There is someone equal to me,' or 'There is someone worse than me.'
Gautama Buddha
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To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age.
Isaac Newton
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Growing up means leaving home and becoming a self supporting adult. I think this the hardest task any human being hast to face.
John Bradshaw
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You brain does its best when it is doing a task it can do well. That's basic brain science.
Edward Hallowell
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What the global delivery model allows is, it allows you to take previously geographically core-located tasks, break them up into parts, send them around the world where the expertise and the cost structure exists, and then specify the means for reintegrating them.
Nirmalya Kumar
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If you want something done, ask nicely. If a subordinate forgets to perform a task, don’t take it personally; just remind them nicely. In any organization, everyone has a “to-do” list. While juggling these tasks, some things will inevitably fall through the cracks. When that happens, don’t assume that the subordinate is lazy or stupid. Simply re-engage them on the task and, if necessary, emphasize why it’s a priority.
Hal Moore
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Trying to be number one and trying to do a task well are two different things.
Alfie Kohn
