“I procrastinate in spades. In my defence, I also try to have all other distractions solved before I can concentrate on writing. My small theory is that to write for three hours, you need to feel like you have three days. To write for three days, you need to feel like you've got three weeks, and so on.” NeedsFeelsWritingTryingI CanThreeHoursWeekTheoryLike YouDistractionDefenceProcrastinatingSpades Author:Markus Zusak
“Good theories of the mind must span at least three different scales of time: slow, for the billions of years in which our brains have survivied; fast, for the fleeting weeks and months of childhood; and in between, the centuries of growth of our ideas through history.” YearsMindIdeasDifferentThreeGrowthBrainWeekChildhoodCenturyTheoryMonthsBillionsScalesFleeting Author:Marvin Minsky
“nothing like a few restful weeks contemplating the decline of civilization to restore the humors. What I did on my summer vacation was listen to a lot of people talk about the decline of practically everything - you could call it the leisure of the theory class.” PeopleClassWeekTheoryCivilizationSummerVacationLeisureDeclineContemplatingNegativityRestfulSummer Vacation Book:You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You Source: You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You
“When the Special Theory of Relativity began to germinate in me, I was visited by all sorts of nervous conflicts... I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion.” WarStatesUsedTimeWeekSpecialTheoryConflictConfusionNervousGoing AwayRelativityTheories Of Relativity Author:Albert Einstein
“Dilbert: It took weeks but I've calculated a new theory about the origin of the universe. According to my calculations it didn't start with a "Big Bang" at all-it was more of "Phhbwt" sound. You may be wondering about the practical applications of the "Little Phhbwt" theory. Dogbert: I was wondering when you'll go away.” MayLittlesBigsScienceUniverseSoundWonderWeekTheoryPracticalsGoing AwayApplicationBangsCalculationsDilbert Author:Scott Adams
“The Mars Rover sent back stunning photos [last week] indicating the past presence of water. The pictures show tiny splotches of blue on the Red Planet. The other theory is that the satellite dish on the rover accidentally picked up CNN's election coverage.” ShowsLastsPastWaterWeekPlanetsTheoryRedElectionBlueTinyDishesMarsCoverageStunningSatellitesCnn Author:Argus Hamilton
“My theory about Taylor Swift is that she's a virgin, that everyone breaks up with her because they date her for two weeks and she's like, 'I'm not gonna do it'.” TwoBreakWeekTheoryDatingVirginsTwo Weeks Author:Chelsea Handler
“My theory is that church used to be that place. Instead of being a place where you went to look good, it was a place where you could risk going every week to look your worst.” LooksUsedChurchRiskWeekWorstTheoryUsed To Be Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“Just take the lack of presence of F1 in the United States. In theory - and logically - you would have an East Coast Grand Prix, a West Coast Grand Prix, and I think you should have a street race in Detroit - it is still the motor capital of the US. You stay in the US for four weeks and could have two to three races, certainly two.” ThinkingShouldStillsTwoStatesThreeUnitedRaceUnited StatesFourWeekStreetsTheoryShould HaveWestEastCoastMotorDetroitWest CoastEast CoastGrand Prix Author:Martin Sorrell