Quotes About Efficiency

It's really a full-time job to manage our lives.

Courtesy is a waste of time; it weakens you and undermines you.

The real key is time management and being able to focus on what you need to, on using every available minute to accomplish something that needs to be done.

Curtsey while you're thinking what to say. It saves time.

Cynicism is more than a pose; it's also a handy time saver. By deflating your companion's enthusiasm, you can cut conversations in half.

[Captchas] are not only annoying, but they kill 10 seconds of your time.

No one uses a ribbon typewriter any more, but your final draft is not the time to try to wring a few more sheets out of your inkjet cartridge.

Make a habit of canceling every subscription to anything you don't have time to read

Eventually, everyone said, Why don't you direct? It would save time. And that's how it started.

Always keep bobby pins on hand. It's amazing what you can do with those in a time crunch.

To help your concentration, don't take too much time.

I may find something that looks interesting and then go on to alter the recipe by adding spices, things of my own. I also look for time-saving recipes, dishes that can be prepared ahead and stored.

Nothing can be done quickly and prudently at the same time.

Being successful doesn't make you manage your time well. Managing your time well makes you successful!

One of my timesaving habits is to save all of my magazines and junk mail for airplane trips. I walk on the plane with a very heavy bundle, but by the time the trip is over, it can all be thrown away.

Time and time again I was told that I would never make the film on time and never make it on budget. That kind of criticism tends to turn me into a great big motor of efficiency.

A good creative-writing teacher can save a good writer a lot of time.

What's a man's age? He must hurry more, that's all; Cram in a day, what his youth took a year to hold.

Success means controlling your own time. Time is the most important currency, but once you spend it, man, its gone.

Email is familiar. It's comfortable. It's easy to use. But it might just be the biggest killer of time and productivity in the office today.

We all get 24 hours a day... It's up to us as to what we do with those 24 hours.

If you want to kill time why not try working it to death.

Soon is not as good as now.

Conran's Law of Housework - it expands to fill the time available plus half an hour.