Quotes About Procrastination

I'm at my desk for about 9:30 A.M., and I stay there all day. Then there's a lot of checking Facebook and eBay and that sort of thing.

When I'm facing an issue or a challenge sometimes, it's easier for me to avoid really facing that or dealing with it, and just go make films.

If you attempt certain things at the right time, they are easy to accomplish - in fact, they almost get done by themselves. If you undertake them before the time is right, not only will they fail, but they will often become impossible to accomplish even when the time would have been right.

We are so scared of failure. We are so scared of going after what we want and falling short. There's so many things in life that I put off doing because I was scared.

People miss those who they love. It brings tears to my eyes to see the longing for me. But it's my decision to do fewer films and more protagonist-based roles. For me to take up something, it has to make a lot of sense to me.

I tried to avoid anything that caused me frustration or grief or duress. I played FarmVille and procrastinated like all teenagers.

I haven't really got much get up and go. I can't believe I'm on the telly. I'm so lazy.

I always think I should try to get to bed early, but then I can't stop myself from watching telly and fiddling around on the net.

I like to get up and get out. Otherwise you end up kicking about, and it's easy to flick the telly on; then before you know it, it is 11 A.M. and you haven't done anything.

I don't have a problem with the concept of a box set per se - we have many of them merrily lined up on the shelf above the telly. No, what gives me the pip is the fact that I'm never going to watch any of them.

Time goes on. So whatever you're going to do, do it. Do it now. Don't wait.

The mind of a writer can be a truly terrifying thing. Isolated, neurotic, caffeine-addled, crippled by procrastination, consumed by feelings of panic, self-loathing, and soul-crushing inadequacy. And that's on a good day.

The mind of a writer can be a truly terrifying thing. Isolated, neurotic, caffeine-addled, crippled by procrastination, consumed by feelings of panic, self-loathing, and soul-crushing inadequacy. And that's on a good day." [ Academy Award ceremony , March 2, 2014]

Of all human activities, writing is the one for which it is easiest to find excuses not to begin – the desk's too big, the desk's too small, there's too much noise, there's too much quiet, it's too hot, too cold, too early, too late. I had learned over the years to ignore them all, and simply to start.

That's because time brings into play the Fiddle Theory, which states: The longer you fiddle around with a deal, the greater the odds that it will never close.

Whenever I feel like exercise, I lie down until the feeling passes.

One of the most common forms of laziness is staying busy.

Stop making excuses and just do it!

The activity you're most avoiding contains your biggest opportunity.

Spring has past, summer has gone and winter is here. And the song that I meant to sing remains unsung. I have spent my days stringing and unstringing my instrument.

Without will-power, you become a victim to the evils of procrastination, laziness and sloth.

One of the lessons I have learned in my own life is that if you don't act on life, life has a habit of acting on you. The days slip into weeks, the weeks slip into months and the months slip into years. Pretty soon it's all over and you are left with nothing more than a heart filled with regret over a life half lived.

Those who don't make time for daily exercise must eventually make time for daily illness, you know

Que el mejor momento para plantar un árbol fue hace cuarenta años. El segundo mejor momento es hoy. No malgastes ni un minuto de tu vida. Fomenta una mentalidad de lecho de muerte.