Quotes About Productivity

Even as a kid, I never liked breakfast. I just don't like to eat then. I like to get up and work. I think sticking a whole bunch of carbohydrates in your stomach in the morning is probably the worst way to begin the day.

I like to be working and moving - the worst thing you can do to me is stick me in a room all day while you're lighting a shot. That just kills me.

The obvious rule of efficiency is you don't want to spend more time organizing than it's worth.

One great worker equals three not-so-great workers, so it's worth paying terrific people not just for today but to find people that we think have upward mobility to become tomorrow's leaders.

That would be getting up at 5 am... I don't understand why film's shoot such brutal hours. I think it'd be worth it to not be so strictly cost-effective and have an 8 hour day. The film's would benefit in the end.

The truth is that health-care reform will always be a nuisance, with version 2.0 followed by next year's 2.1. As long as it boosts productivity, it's worth it.

A desk for $350 a month in a common area is not as cheap as a coffee shop. But a lot of people would say they're empowered by that environment in a way that makes it worth it.

If you look at how much Hank Williams did by 29 years old, it makes you feel pretty worthless.

As a writer, you sit around a computer all day, and it's too easy to open another tab and keep Rotten Tomatoes there.

Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow.

Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform.

Man, the only thing that's important is what is due tomorrow. I don't care what it is as long as it's good.

If you have the door to your office closed, you get more work done today and tomorrow, and you are more productive than most. But ten years later somehow, you don't quite know what problems are worth working on.

Try to write at least 500 words a day. You may ditch 499 of them tomorrow, but you will still be moving forward.

As an actor, you have a ton of downtime, so it's always good to have a hobby, especially another creative outlet outside of acting.

I'm capable of a ton of work. My Kirby gene has been fully activated. And by that, I mean the capability to draw many pages.

The way that I write is I just write a ton of music in the background of my life, and then I just bring it into rehearsal. It's, like, 'Okay, guys. It goes like this. Let's smooth it out.'

It's really not that hard. If I do a Tonight Show, it's six or seven minutes. If I do a concert, it's 90 minutes. If I do an interview, that's 15 minutes. So by the end of the day I've done three hours worth of work.

If you don't have the time or money to get to the gym, work out at home. It saves tons of time and makes life more efficient.

If you're going to have to swallow a frog, you don't want to have to look at that sucker too long!

I try to wake up naturally but set an alarm so I don't sleep in too late.

I don't sleep too late.

He who considers too much will perform little.

People think, 'Jack, you do too much.'