44 Quotes About Multitasking

Technological fruits such as audiobooks are food for the illusion that we can really do more than one thing at the same time.

A book at the table, just as in all places, is never rude.

The scarcity of time is the reason we have to concentrate on one thing at a time.

When we think we're multitasking we're actually multiswitching. That is what the brain is very good at doing - quickly diverting its attention from one place to the next. We think we're being productive. We are, indeed, being busy. But in reality we're simply giving ourselves extra work.

A seemingly simple task like taking a bath or wearing a condom feels like multitasking to someone who suffers from hemiplegia or has only one hand.

Concentration in the job keeps quality in the work.

I'm like a circus standing on two legs.

I spent most of my life trying to specialize myself. I went to theater school, film school, music school, mime school ... Finally, I was able to gather enough knowledge to build the confidence to create my own work, that goes utterly against the sense of specialization.

While leisure and recreation are necessary to get closer to life, you need alertness and effort to face it.