Quotes About Procrastination

Usually when I get nervous and don't know how to prepare for something, I just don't do anything at all, which is not necessarily the best idea.

I mean, I can get things done if I need to, but I can really be completely irresponsible and procrastinate until the very, very, very bitter end. In fact, sometimes I work better under pressure.

I'm a pretty good procrastinator.

Deadlines are meant to be broken. And I just keep breaking them.

I know how deeply slothful I am.

Delay is preferable to error.

Delay is not our friend. Delay is our enemy.

There are, I'm depressed to say, many classics I have not yet read and will probably never get around to, though I will not stop short of hospitalizing myself in the attempt.

If the desire to write is not accompanied by actual writing, then the desire must be not to write.

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

I always wanted to have a diary growing up but was too lazy to commit to one.

Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.

There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.

Well, I've always wanted to get a tattoo done, I just never got around to doing it!

I've forgotten the birthdays of everyone close to me. I have forgotten to pay bills, file tax returns on time, go to meetings, and, every week, I forget to put the bins out. But I have never forgotten I want my lunch.

I hate writing. I almost never write. I write against deadlines. And when I'm teaching, I'm focused on that.

You've always got an excuse, Roza. One of these days . . ." "One of these days," she agreed.

generals rose early to do nothing all day, while diplomats rose late for the same purpose;

If you talked about writing books, you'd never do it.

Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.

Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.

From my own experience, I realized that there are many other reasons we procrastinate, starting with fear.

Actually, clutter stems from four bad habits, which I call the Deadly Sins of Clutter. Do you: • Save everything (whether you need it or want it or not)? • Insist on bringing home (or allowing into your home) stuff you don't need? • Never assign a place where each thing belongs? • Set things aside or drop them, intending "to put them away later"?

If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done.