--- {"type":"list","title":"Quotes About Lists","listId":2701,"canonicalUrl":"https://listium.com/@CaitlynM/2701/quotes-about-lists","visibleItemTotal":17,"creator":{"id":"CaitlynM","name":"Caitlyn Martel","url":"https://listium.com/@CaitlynM"},"stats":{"views":1137,"likes":4},"category":"books & literature","publishedAt":"2016-04-12T02:08:30.577Z","updatedAt":"2016-04-12T02:08:30.577Z","fields":[{"id":0,"name":"Quote","type":"PrimaryText"},{"id":1,"name":"Author","type":"Text","format":"short"},{"id":2,"name":"Star Rating","type":"Symbols","format":"star_rating"}]} --- # Quotes About Lists By [Caitlyn Martel (@CaitlynM)](https://listium.com/@CaitlynM) 1137 views · 4 likes Published 12 April 2016 · Updated 12 April 2016 Category: books & literature Here is a list of quotes about lists ## Items ### 1. [Lists today are a way of trying to get through the day because we are losing a sense of time.](https://listium.com/@CaitlynM/2701/quotes-about-lists/0/lists-today-are-a-way-of-trying-to-get-through-the-day-because-we-are-losing-a-sense-of-time) Item ID: `0` - Author: David Viscott - Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 2. [People now feel time accelerating. Lists allow them to feel some sense of accomplishment.](https://listium.com/@CaitlynM/2701/quotes-about-lists/1/people-now-feel-time-accelerating-lists-allow-them-to-feel-some-sense-of-accomplishment) Item ID: `1` - Author: David Viscott - Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 3. [The human animal differs from the lesser primates in his passion for lists.](https://listium.com/@CaitlynM/2701/quotes-about-lists/2/the-human-animal-differs-from-the-lesser-primates-in-his-passion-for-lists) Item ID: `2` - Author: H. Allen Smith - Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 4. [We like lists because we don't want to die.](https://listium.com/@CaitlynM/2701/quotes-about-lists/3/we-like-lists-because-we-dont-want-to-die) Item ID: `3` - Author: Umberto Eco - Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 5. [The original lists were probably carved in stone and represented longer periods of time. They contained things like 'Get More Clay. Make Better Oven.'](https://listium.com/@CaitlynM/2701/quotes-about-lists/4/the-original-lists-were-probably-carved-in-stone-and-represented-longer-periods-of-time-they-contained-things-like-get-more-clay-make-better-oven) Item ID: `4` - Author: David Viscott - Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 6. [Lists are how I parse and manage the world.](https://listium.com/@CaitlynM/2701/quotes-about-lists/5/lists-are-how-i-parse-and-manage-the-world) Item ID: `5` - Author: Adam Savage - Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 7. [Lists have always implied social order.](https://listium.com/@CaitlynM/2701/quotes-about-lists/6/lists-have-always-implied-social-order) Item ID: `6` - Author: David Viscott - Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 8. [People are remarkably bad at remembering long lists of goals. I learned this at a professional level when trying to get my high-performance coaching clients to stay on track; the longer their lists of to-dos and goals, the more overwhelmed and off-track they got. Clarity comes with simplicity.](https://listium.com/@CaitlynM/2701/quotes-about-lists/7/people-are-remarkably-bad-at-remembering-long-lists-of-goals-i-learned-this-at-a-professional-level-when-trying-to-get-my-high-performance-coaching-clients-to-stay-on-track-the-longer-their-lists-of-to-dos-and-goals-the-more-overwhelmed-and-off-track-they-got-clarity-comes-with-simplicity) Item ID: `7` - Author: Brendon Butchard - Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 9. [I constantly make lists and itineraries and then can't stick to any of them.](https://listium.com/@CaitlynM/2701/quotes-about-lists/8/i-constantly-make-lists-and-itineraries-and-then-cant-stick-to-any-of-them) Item ID: `8` - Author: Freema Agyeman - Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 10. [What lists and awards don't measure - and I feel this strongly - is the lasting value of any work of art. They're a snapshot of a moment, and one should always consider their judgments in that context.](https://listium.com/@CaitlynM/2701/quotes-about-lists/9/what-lists-and-awards-dont-measure-and-i-feel-this-strongly-is-the-lasting-value-of-any-work-of-art-theyre-a-snapshot-of-a-moment-and-one-should-always-consider-their-judgments-in-that-context) Item ID: `9` - Author: Jennifer Egan - Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 11. [Lists are anti-democratic discriminatory elitist and sometimes the print is too small.](https://listium.com/@CaitlynM/2701/quotes-about-lists/10/lists-are-anti-democratic-discriminatory-elitist-and-sometimes-the-print-is-too-small) Item ID: `10` - Author: David Ives - Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 12. ["Life would certainly be easier if we all came equipped with our own personal FAQ lists. When we meet someone, we could pass them a business card with the list on the back, and then step back and let them read before ](https://listium.com/@CaitlynM/2701/quotes-about-lists/11/life-would-certainly-be-easier-if-we-all-came-equipped-with-our-own-personal-faq-lists-when-we-meet-someone-we-could-pass-them-a-business-card-with-the-list-on-the-back-and-then-step-back-and-let-them-read-before-) Item ID: `11` - Author: - - Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 13. [we tried to talk."](https://listium.com/@CaitlynM/2701/quotes-about-lists/12/we-tried-to-talk) Item ID: `12` - Author: Jeff Lindsay - Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 14. [A lot of us think we're invincible... but we have to start putting ourselves on the to-do list.](https://listium.com/@CaitlynM/2701/quotes-about-lists/13/a-lot-of-us-think-were-invincible-but-we-have-to-start-putting-ourselves-on-the-to-do-list) Item ID: `13` - Author: Giuliana Rancic - Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 15. [I'll settle down when my 'To Do' list is smaller than my 'Been There Done That' list. I always write 'Wake Up' on my To-Do-List so I can at least accomplish one thing a day. Sometimes our stop-doing list needs to be bigger than our to-do list.](https://listium.com/@CaitlynM/2701/quotes-about-lists/14/ill-settle-down-when-my-to-do-list-is-smaller-than-my-been-there-done-that-list-i-always-write-wake-up-on-my-to-do-list-so-i-can-at-least-accomplish-one-thing-a-day-sometimes-our-stop-doing-list-needs-to-be-bigger-than-our-to-do-list) Item ID: `14` - Author: Patti Digh - Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 16. [My to-do list is so long that it doesn't have an end; it has an event horizon.](https://listium.com/@CaitlynM/2701/quotes-about-lists/15/my-to-do-list-is-so-long-that-it-doesnt-have-an-end-it-has-an-event-horizon) Item ID: `15` - Author: Craig Bruce - Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 17. [One of the secrets of getting more done is to make a to do list every day keep it visible and use it as a guide to action as you go through the day.](https://listium.com/@CaitlynM/2701/quotes-about-lists/16/one-of-the-secrets-of-getting-more-done-is-to-make-a-to-do-list-every-day-keep-it-visible-and-use-it-as-a-guide-to-action-as-you-go-through-the-day) Item ID: `16` - Author: Jean De La Fontaine - Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆