Quotes About Productivity

I fill the time that might have been usefully devoted to sculpture with things like drinking and staring into space.

Work on a computer that is disconnected from the internet.

I can't rid myself of the need to do "something," to make "something," to feel that this new expanse of time hasn't been "wasted.

the surest motivation I know, the one I feel deepest within myself, and which, when all is said, done, stripped away - as it is at the moment - seems to be at the truth of the matter for a lot of people, to wit: it's something to do. [...] Why did you bake that banana bread? It was something to do. Why did you make a fort in your living room? Well, it's something to do. Why dress the dog as a cat? It's something to do, isn't it? Fills the time.

She measured time in pages. Half an hour, to her, meant ten pages read, or fourteen, depending on the size of the type, and when you think of time in this way there isn't time for anything else

Put simply, Hurston wrote well when she was comfortable, wrote poorly when she was not.

I've accomplished more working on my own than I ever did as part of a team.

The more business one has, the more you are able to accomplish, for you learn to economize your time.

I'm constantly maxing out my Gmail account, and that is hard to do.

I like doing my own errands. I feel like they are very personal and it makes me feel like I achieved a lot that day.

My actual passion is getting things done.

I always write after I think for quite a long time, so the actual writing time is rather short. I think a lot of the work gets done when you have something on your mind while you're doing many other things.

Most people have never thought through how they're going to allocate their time. You need to make a decision in advance.

If you don't feel clean, it affects everything you do; you can't even focus right.

I've worked on shows where the set was very morose and boring, kind of like nobody wanted to be there. I felt that affects the work.

It's always morning for me until 4 in the afternoon.

Life is #1 on the agenda, and #2 is work.

You can't let someone else's agenda hijack your day.

I'm up around 11am to my alarm. Without it I'd sleep into the afternoon.

It takes us about four or five days to get an album out.

It don't take me no three days to record no album.

I've been here all the time; I could be putting out as many albums as Costello, y'know what I mean?

People always ask me, 'What do you do all day?'

I've worked hard all my life. You have to if you want to get things done.