Quotes About Procrastination

While we are postponing, life speeds by.

You cannot afford to wait for perfect conditions. Goal setting is often a matter of balancing timing against available resources. Opportunities are easily lost while waiting for perfect conditions.

Procrastination comes in two types. Some of us procrastinate in order to pursue restful activities - spending time in bed, watching TV - while others delay difficult or unpleasant tasks in favor of those that are more fun.

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking.

The downside of word processing - it's quite possible to never end a work-in-progress.

The thing about live TV is that it simply has to be done, there's no space for procrastination.

For me genius is '1% inspiration and 99% procrastination.'

I have an advanced degree in procrastination and another one in paranoia.

I see procrastination and research as part of my artistic process.

Procrastination is in my genetic code.

If you want to be certain, you should never get married. You should never change jobs. In fact, you might as well just stay home. Because I don't know anybody who is certain. That need to be certain is just procrastination.

My life is a monument to procrastination, to the art of putting things off until later, or much later, or possibly never.

Procrastination: as endemic to and dreaded by writers as writers' block.

I think of myself as something of a connoisseur of procrastination, creative and dogged in my approach to not getting things done.

When it comes to procrastination and overthinking, we have to overcome our self-doubt.

There's nothing wrong with procrastination. Or is there? I'll leave it to you to decide, but only if you have the time.

For me, the enemy is procrastination, and losing attention, you know? It's not the writing that's difficult, it's sitting down to write - if that makes any sense. I feel I can write pretty well, and I can write pretty effectively.

The biggest way to be productive is if you're procrastinating on another more important project.

I should have directed more but I am a lazy person and have taken a backseat.

Cleaning isn't all that interesting to me. I'm disorganized.

I procrastinate so much and I get distracted by anything.

I tend to write in coffee shops and restaurants with friends of mine because if I'm at home, I get distracted by the television or the cats or my husband, or... you know - all of those things that make it easy to procrastinate.

I remember I would always study at the eleventh hour, but still manage to get good marks. I was very active in sports, and I was an extrovert.