PROCRASTINATION QUOTES II
quotations about procrastination
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The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be put off; perhaps we all know deep down that we are immortal and that sooner or later all men will do and know all things.
JORGE LUIS BORGES
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"Funes El Memorioso", Ficciones
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True wisdom advises no delay; true interest will not procrastinate.
CHARLES HAMMOND
attributed, Day's Collacon
What is deferred is not avoided.
THOMAS MORE
Utopia
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.
MARTHE TROLY-CURTIN
Phrynette Married
Almost all indolence and fickleness spring from procrastination; while thinking about what we shall do, and doubting whether we can do it or not, we allow the opportunity of action to slip through our hands. What thou doest, do quickly, is the maxim of human as well as of divine wisdom.
GEORGE GILFILLAN
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1854
Do you know what happens when you give a procrastinator a good idea? Nothing!
DONALD GARDNER
attributed, The Psychology of Procrastination
Beware of the thief of time, procrastination; this day is as convenient as tomorrow; this day is yours, tomorrow is not; this day is a day of mercy, tomorrow may be a day of doom.
EDWARD IRVING
For the Oracles of God: Four Orations
They who procrastinate and defer the business of life, in things in which it is in their power to effect, sink into stupid and abject slavery, and show themselves unworthy of the talents with which human nature is dignified.
SAMUEL CROXALL
attributed, Day's Collacon
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
W. M. LEWIS
attributed, Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing
Crunch time. Cramming. Waiting until the very last minute. These words conjure the exhilarating adrenaline rush that I, for one, am prone to humblebrag about, like I do about being overly busy or super-tired. It sounds better to say that procrastinating allows me to do my best work than to admit I have poor time management and mediocre self-discipline. But what I have long thought to be a weakness may actually be a secret weapon for creative success. As it turns out, the time we spend not completing our to-dos may be the thing that gives us the boost of divergent thought we need to create better solutions.
LINDSAY SCHLEGEL
"Is Procrastinating Your Secret Weapon For Success?", Verily, June 6, 2016
I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
JEROME K. JEROME
Three Men in a Boat
My advice: Procrastinate now. Don't put it off.
ELLEN DEGENERES
attributed, The Stand-up Comedy Festival: Send in the Clowns
I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.
DOUGLAS ADAMS
The Salmon of Doubt
Don't fool yourself that important things can be put off til tomorrow; they can be put off forever, or not at all.
MIGNON MCLAUGHLIN
attributed, The Psychology of Procrastination
Procrastination is the longest word in the language, but there's only one letter between its ends when they occupy their proper places in the alphabet.
GEORGE HORACE LORIMER
Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
Procrastination is the foundation of all disasters.
PANDORA POIKILOS
Excuse Me, My Brains Have Stepped Out
When faced with two equally tough choices, most people choose the third choice: to not choose.
JAROD KINTZ
This Book Title is Invisible
Habitual procrastinators will readily testify to all the lost opportunities, missed deadlines, failed relationships and even monetary losses incurred just because of one nasty habit of putting things off until it is often too late.
STEPHEN RICHARDS
The Secret of Getting Started
Procrastination is the soul rebelling against entrapment.
NASSIM N. TALEB
The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
ERICA JONG
Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life