Anthea Turner Quotes

It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.

I'm the total organizer. Everything's got a system. It's in order.

The larger the mass of collected things, the less will be their usefulness. Therefore, one should not only strive to assemble new goods from everywhere, but one must endeavor to put in the right order those that one already possesses.

No, my entire life is planned. It's called time management.

Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.

When I was a teacher, teachers would come into my classroom and admire my desk on which lay nothing whatever, whereas theirs were heaped with papers and books.

A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.

I'm kind of in between organized and messy, so if I have the right things to keep me organized, it's easier for me to stay that way. If I don't have the right tools, I'm a train wreck.

Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.

My filing system is messy but orderly.

One way to organize your thoughts is to tidy up, even if it's in places where it makes no sense at all.

We need to have fewer meetings, not more—as we have to have time to put into effect some of the things we decide in these meetings.

The obvious rule of efficiency is you don't want to spend more time organizing than it's worth.

I suppose we all share this pipe-dream of being able to reach out a hand and find anything at will; what is amazing is that we think that good filing could somehow make it comes true. On the contrary: putting a letter into a filing system is like releasing your ferret in the Hampton Court maze.

Order - the accurate arrangement of things - increases productivity. Productivity decides rewards.

Having a messy coat closet should not be a big deal in a full life, and yet there's something about getting control of that coat closet that's surprisingly satisfying.

I hate wasting time.

I'm pretty good at getting things out of the way, especially paperwork. I hate it sitting about, as it somehow weighs me down.

I'm quite an untidy person in a lot of ways. But order makes me happy. I have to have a clear desk and a tidy desktop, with as few visual distractions as possible. I don't mind sound distractions, but visual ones freak me out.

If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

I just have to be very, very organised.

Boundary setting is really a huge part of time management.

We need a sense of the value of time - that is, of the best way to divide one's time into one's various activities.

The best thing you can give me is your time. The easiest way to get me angry is to waste my time.