Time Waster Quotes

#1. Though I am not a fan of TV - it's mankind's greatest time-waster, the gift was completely appropriate, since I'll be in bed so much at the end. TV will be one of my last links to the outside world.

Randy Pausch

#2. Perfectionism is a time waster - 20 percent of the effort you put into any project accomplishes 80 percent of the outcome - so this is a time to ask yourself when good enough is enough and then stop.

Mira Kirshenbaum

#3. Tyler studied him over his coffee. "From what I've seen so far you're not much of a time-waster.
And you're not so bad, for a suit."
With a half-laugh, David lifted his own coffee. Steam from it rose and merged with the mist.
"Coming from you, that's a hell of a kudo."
"Damn right.

Nora Roberts

#4. I never regret anything and I don't believe in regret. I think it's just a big time-waster.

Michael McKean

#5. Academe was one of the last strongholds of the professional time-waster.

Clive Barker

#6. Indecision is a major time waster; 80% of decisions should be made the first time they come up

Brian Tracy

#7. The single biggest time waster in the world is not completing what you start.

John Nance Garner

#8. Although it is the biggest time-waster in office life, you must never underrate the importance of the memo. You will be judged by the volume of your paper work.

Jilly Cooper

#9. I don't think I've ever seen a person having a serious conversation on a cellphone. It's like a kiddie thing, a complete time waster.

Paul Theroux

#10. Lack of clarity is the number-one time-waster. Always be asking, 'What am I trying to do? How am I trying to do it.

Brian Tracy

#11. Never submit an idea or chapter to an editor or publisher, no matter how much he would like you to. Writing from the approved idea is (another) gravely serious time-waster. This is your story. Try and find out what your editor wants in advance, but then try and give it to him in one piece.

John Creasey

#12. But you can't invent things like time,' Violet said. 'You can invent things like automatic popcorn poppers. You can invent things like steam-powered window waster. But you can't invent more time.

Lemony Snicket

#13. The head of Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, made it perfectly clear: sophisticated investors don't, or at least shouldn't, rely on trust. Those who bought the products the banks sold were consenting adults who should have known better.

Joseph E. Stiglitz

#14. Maybe all of this was prevarication and excuses and not an afterword at all.

Jeff VanderMeer

#15. Hiring decisions are too important to be left in the hands of a manager who may or may not have a stake in the employee's success a year later.

Eric Schmidt

#16. Unfortunately, computers are?stupid.Unlike human beings, computers possess the truly profound stupidity of the inanimate.

Bruce Sterling

#17. They are all different and I find it hard to tell what flute suits me best.

James Galway

#18. I think zombies have always been an easy metaphor for hard times. Because they're this big, faceless, brainless group of evil things that will work tirelessly to destroy you and think of nothing else.

Seth Grahame-Smith

#19. I should NOT be trading on the blood of my men.

Robert E.Lee

#20. The ethical life ... is maintained in being by a common culture, which also upholds the togetherness of society ... Unlike the modern youth culture, a common culture sanctifies the adult state, to which it offers rites of passage.

Roger Scruton

#21. Male and female gossip also sounds different, as women use more animated tones, more detail and more feedback.

Kate Fox

#22. Successful people are able to rise above crises by relaxing no matter what the external situation. Their belief in themselves, the strength of their self-image is impenetrable armor, which protects them against shattering events.

Maxwell Maltz

#23. Men who have reached and passed 45, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this.

Benjamin Haydon

#24. What is there over which the incomparable beauty of childhood would not triumph?

George Sand

#25. What we earn in life? People heart? Enemies? Just think, why we live this world? Be pleasant, Be honest, Be peaceful.

Samdoss

#26. I can sleep a whole day. If no one woke me up, I would sleep for 24 hours. I think it's a combination of my age and my appreciation for sleep. Sleep is so wonderful. Sometimes you can oversleep and feel like you've waster your time, but I think it's one of the bestways to spend your time.

Natalie Portman

#27. The Anger Management Tour was another beautiful thing. I loved that tour.

Obie Trice