Quotes About Productivity

If you are thinking today is nothing to do for me then there is some laziness in your mind and you don't try to elaborate your thinking for future.

Identify the environment where we live and work is important to make us better.

Madam, you ask me how I compose. I compose sitting down.

I know [canned music] makes chickens lay more eggs and factory workers produce more. But how much more can they get out of you on an elevator?

I call 'Community' the best day job in the world, because between takes, I get to write music. I get to write sketches. I get to write movies. It's the best job ever.

I'm happy to write 10 times too much music.

If I spend 100 days in a row making music there's a chance nothing will come of it. But if I spend 100 days not making music it's guaranteed that nothing will come of it. So keep working.

When I'm working, I always listen to music to zone everyone else out.

I can't listen to music while writing - any such distraction would have dreadful consequences.

Man is by nature restless. When left too long in one place he will inevitably grow bored, unmotivated, and unproductive.

Whenever I have a serious problem or some assignment of a creative nature...I always receive more assistance in the early morning hours than at any other time of the day.

Human nature demands recognition. Without it, people lose their sense of purpose and become dissatisfied, restless, and unproductive.

Publishing is, by its nature, about deadlines, and deadlines are toxic.

I always think I don't have any songs, I don't have anything I'm working on, and I get in the studio and realize there are 20 things I'm thinking about. It's just kind of second nature.

Thank God ever morning when you get up that you have something to do which must be done whether you like it or not.

The more haste the less speed.

Patience is productive only when aligned and doggedly chasing of objectives is pursued with consistence and persistence

Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life.

Work, look for peace and calm in work: you will find it nowhere else.

Writing is a solitary pursuit and I think you have to be partially at peace with yourself, but it's the other part that's usually producing the stuff worth reading.

During the times we think we're being "unproductive," the seeds of new worlds are germinating within us, and they need peace to grow.

You must master your time rather than becoming a slave to the constant flow of events and demands on your time. And you must organize your life to achieve balance, harmony, and inner peace.

Sameness leaves us in peace but it is contradiction that makes us productive.

Be a busy person. People who are active are often much more at peace with themselves than those who are inactive and inert.