Quotes About Time

Meetings are by definition a concession to deficient organization. For one either meets or one works.

Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.

If you want work well done, select a busy man - the other kind has no time.

Then there's that 'You're only as old as you feel' business, which is true to a point, but you can't be Shirley Temple on the Good Ship Lollipop forever. Sooner or later, dammit, you're old.

Architecture is a slow business, and city planning even slower.

Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality.

You've got seconds to grab your audience's attention and only minutes to keep it.

People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do.

Consultants are people who borrow your watch and tell you what time it is, and then walk off with the watch.

My dad is very successful in his business. He's always been big in having hobbies and having little ways to get away. He always made time for hunting and fishing. He always encouraged me to do it.

I'm not even worried about settling down. I think it's way too early. I'm 25 and I'm in show business. I mean, if things go well, my wife hasn't even been born yet.

The urgent can drown out the important.

I am ashamed to tell you to how many figures I carried these calculations [of Pi], having no other business at the time

In business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity.

Business neglected is business lost.

Don't fool yourself that important things can be put off till tomorrow; they can be put off forever, or not at all

The one thing about the business of entertainment is that you have to learn patience.

Procrastination is one of the most expensive invisible costs in business today.

There are opportunities that you get during crises times. Crises times are a great time to start a business.

One company can serve some of your needs all of the time, or all of your needs some of the time, but never both.

Lack of resources (payroll), time and competing priorities are why so many nonprofits haven't done well. It's that simple.

We both (Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett) insist on a lot of time being available almost every day to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. We read and think.

Don't become a slave to non-crucial matters.

When priorities are in place, one can more patiently tolerate unfinished business.