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Quotes About Productivity

I can only write one novel at a time. The author of the Perry Mason novels, Erle Stanley Gardner, often worked on four novels simultaneously, and produced a million words a year. I'm envious.
~ James Thayer
My great fear is not that I'll run out of ideas. It's that I'll run out of time.
~ Jane Smiley
I'm so busy writing and editing two books a year that I don't have time for painting anymore.
~ Janet Evanovich
We lose all that time which we might employ better.
~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I manage my time by prioritizing tasks, working smarter not harder, and by avoiding procrastination.
~ Jeet Banerjee
Position your daily actions so time is working for instead of against you.
~ Jeff Olson
Whenever I have time, I try to get in the studio and write, whether it's for me or other artists or my catalog of music. It's definitely one of my favorite parts of the music industry.
~ Jesse McCartney
I spend way too much time on Facebook and MySpace to feel too uncomfortable at this. I like to think of the Internet as an effective way to waste time and time.
~ Jim Gaffigan
Writer's block is for people who have the luxury of time.
~ Jodi Picoult
I don't believe in writer's block. Most of writer's block is having too much time on your hands. My mantra is that you can always edit a bad page; you can't edit a blank page.
~ Jodi Picoult
We have time enough if we but use it aright
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If time means nothing to you, then surf the Web.
~ John C. Dvorak
There's a lot of hurry up and wait. But it gives you time to write a song.
~ John Legend
Taking a long time to do something not worth doing, that is, doing it inefficiently, seems even more useless.
~ John Perry
Discover the time of day when you write best, and write then. For me it's about 7 am to noon. For other people it's overnight. Try not to do anything other than write between those times.
~ Jon Ronson
The problem is that for women, the average time is just over 14 minutes... men are left with about 12 minutes during which time they need to think of something to do!
~ Phil McGraw
Time kills essence! Don't give people reasons to say you wasted your time! Use your time well now!
~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
Manage your time and life.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
Never Waste Your Time, Otherwise one day Time Will Waste or Spoil You.
~ Reaz Uddin
Work on Purpose - Play on Purpose -Rest on Purpose -Do not let yourself or anyone else waste your time.
~ Izey Victoria Odiase
Time well spent is an investment of the present for a practical and abundant future.
~ V.J. Lao
People who kill time are themselves not alive.
~ Amit Abraham
The quickest way to run out of time is to think you have enough of it,
~ Stewart Stafford
Time is the only commodity that is irreplaceable: invest it, share it, spend it...but never waste it.
~ Tracy Sherwood