Quotes about Productivity

Sewing: A creative mess is better than tidy idleness.

I'm not that prolific in terms of making my own music.

A young man can work at excessive speed with no ill effects, but youth is unfortunately not a permanent condition of life.

Very, very few people actually have long stretches of uninterrupted time at an office.

I always found when I was most focused, that's when I did the best financially.

We like to bully deadlines. Pick on them; make fun of them; even spit on them sometimes. But what a terrible thing to do. Deadlines are actually our best friends.

If people are basically selfish -and they are- then asking them to work hard yet earn no more than their unproductive neighbor is asking more than they'll rarely give. But we already know that; communism has failed.

An interesting question these psychologists tend not to ask is why the muscle metaphor is apt. In other words, why is it that early successes at self-discipline lead to more successes, whereas early lapses lead to more lapses? If self-discipline is really good for the organism, you wouldn't expect natural selection to make it so easy for a few early lapses to destroy self-discipline. Yet there's no denying that a few injections of heroin can be the end of a productive life. Why?

Mr Churchill, to what do you attribute your success in life? Conservation of energy. Never stand up when you can sit down. And never sit down when you can lie down.

Each minute is a little thing, and yet, with respect to our personal productivity, to manage the minute is the secret of success.

Most people feel younger than their age, but the culture values youth, success, beauty, productivity. There is no space in this culture for older people.

Efficiency is the foundation for survival. Effectiveness is the foundation for success.