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Quotes About Procrastination

Eragon's plan to let his family see Saphira was dispelled by Roran's announcement and Saphira's own cautionary words. She was reluctant to be seen, and he, partly out of selfishness, agreed. The moment her existence was divulged, he knew that shouts, accusations, and fear would be directed at him Ã¢â'¬Â¦ so he procrastinated. He told himself to wait for a sign that it was the right time.
~ Christopher Paolini
Se preocupa el águila por lo que dura el día? ¿Lo hacen el oso, el ciervo o los peces del mar? No. ¿Por qué tienes que hacerlo tú, pues? Haz lo que puedas y deja todo lo demás para mañana.
~ Christopher Paolini
Procrastination is like a credit card: it's a lot of fun until you get the bill.
~ Christopher Parker
This is because fears often partly originate from a subconscious reaction to a poor plan or a lack of a plan (this is also where procrastination comes from).
~ Tucker Max
There are many things that I do not know because I photocopied a text and then relaxed as if I had read it.
~ Umberto Eco
Je récapitule. Entrez dans une salle de ciné : si pour aller de A à B, les protagonistes mettent plus de temps que vous ne le souhaiteriez, alors c'est un film porno.
~ Umberto Eco
A good plan now is better than a great plan too late.
~ Verne Harnish
Questo è proprio il tuo modo di evitare le cose. Non si può non fare nulla perché si ha paura di restare feriti.»
~ Kristin Harmel
And it's not the thing you do, dear, It's the thing you leave undone, Which gives you the bitter heartache, At the setting of the sun. ADELAIDE PROCTOR
~ L.B.E. Cowman
Never expect to achieve tomorrow what you can get today. Different of the fruits that fall alone, the sky can never be achieved in the same way.
~ L.F. Magister
Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.
~ la bruyere jean de v
Our minds are as much given to laziness as our bodies.
~ La Rochefoucauld
The only alternative seems to be doing nothing…and doing nothing, I find, rarely accomplishes anything
~ Cassandra Clare
Sometimes,well,all the time,I can't think of what to say because I'm so dumb and stuff,and then maybe I think of it like five days later.
~ Catherine Gilbert Murdock
I know. I'm lazy. But I made myself a New Years resolution that I would write myself something really special. Which means I have 'til December, right?
~ Catherine O'Hara
We just made the mistake of putting it off. We thought we would lose nothing by putting it off. We thought we had plenty of time. I guess that was our key mistake, right? We thought there would always be more time. Why do we do that? I mean, not just Luis and me. Everybody. Why does everybody do that? Think we'll have more time?
~ Catherine Ryan Hyde
It was on the to-do list, but you know to-do lists. They get longer and longer until you might as well just carve the last items on your tombstone. Do the dishes.
~ Catherynne M. Valente
Many a committee meeting ends with "We need more data." Everybody nods, breathing a sigh of relief, happy that the decision has been deferred. A week or so later, when the data are in, the group is no further ahead. Everyone's time is wasted on another meeting, on waiting for even more data. The culprit is a negative error culture, in which everyone lacks the courage to make a decision for which they may be punished.
~ Gerd Gigerenzer
It takes a heap of loafing to write a book.
~ Gertrude Stein
Hell is the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of all the gifts which we have wasted, of all that we might have done which we did not do...For me that conception of hell lies in two words: Too late!
~ Gian-Carlo Menotti
On retarde une échéance, on se croit capable de gérer la fuite, jusqu'au jour où une main nous saisit par le collet et nous ramène à la case départ. Je suis de plus en plus convaincu que nous ne gouvernons que partiellement nos petites vies
~ Gilbert Sinoué
I quickly dressed in my shorts and a t-shirt, before my lazy side could convince me if God wanted us to exercise, He wouldn't have invented the Lifetime Channel.
~ Gina Ardito
Ever look at a sink full of dishes and think, "Why don't I just bury these in the backyard?
~ Gina Barreca
Lembra-se desse filme? Eu aquiesci com o ar vagamente culpado de quem prometera várias vezes vê-lo, sem jamais encontrar força para o fazer.
~ Giuliano da Empoli