Quotes About Clarity

I believe that living life with a definiteness of purpose, with having a central focus, is essential to success.

Sometimes we need to tell ourselves that we're not going to do certain things, just in order to stay sane.

I am not good at making people understand certain things.

I love not to be busy in a certain way.

As a businessman, I know that businesses need certainty.

I'm trying to figure out, Chairman of what Board? People come up to me and seriously say: 'Well, what are you Chairman of?' And I can't answer them.

You just have to be clear in your head and take the chances when they come.

I have been having some help to channel my thoughts in a better way and hopefully that can help push me on.

Zippy accepts chaos as what it is, which is the real order of everything.

I used to be chaotic and unkempt.

The Bachelor is in charge of saying what they're interested in and what they're not. Some people don't know that - they do ask you.

You never want to make big decisions when you are emotionally charged.

Don't try to chase something that you want to be there but isn't actually there.

You can't win if you're chasing the wrong problem.

One of my biggest peeves is when the writer hasn't given you enough information to figure everything out. You should be able to go back to the beginning of 'Gone Girl,' after you've already read it and you know everything, and say, 'Check - check - yes, she gave us that information.'

Doctors have limited time to listen to your story, but you must make sure they understand why you're there. Don't just say that you have chest pain - explain when it started, what you were doing, and how it felt. Write down key elements. Practice until you can tell it in 30 seconds or less.

My son Chris said he was 12 years old before he knew what I did for a living.

I can only answer for Chuck Grassley; I can't answer for anybody else.

I like people who tell you what they think straight away instead of going around in circles.

Sometimes circumstance blinds us at first from seeing people for who they really are.

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

We score and stop. We don't celebrate because it has to go to VAR. What are the supporters doing? The passion goes. I think they have to have a little more flexibility, such as with the offside rule. If it's not clear and obvious, maintain the decision of the referee.

As a novelist, I suppose I can say that I'm highly articulate. But I know, as a person, in other ways, I'm not always articulate. I think we are all, from time to time, inarticulate, at some level, about some things.

Over the years I've tried to be clear about the things that are important in life, the things that matter, and I've tried to pursue them, and, I've had a certain sense of 'stickability,' hanging in there, and I suppose that's me.