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Procrastination8 quotes
I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by. — Douglas Adams · 2001Procrastination is the thief of time. — Edward Young · 1742Procrastination is the
art of keeping
up with yesterday. — Don Marquis · 1927It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. — Jerome K. Jerome · 1886I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me: the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart. — Jerome K. Jerome · 1889There's nothing so dangerous as sitting still. You've only got one life, one youth, and you can let it slip through your fingers if you want to; nothing easier. Most people do that. — Willa Cather · 1912All 8 quotes →Carpe diem2 quotes
There's nothing so dangerous as sitting still. You've only got one life, one youth, and you can let it slip through your fingers if you want to; nothing easier. Most people do that. — Willa Cather · 1912He that waits upon Fortune, is never sure of a dinner. — Benjamin Franklin · 1734Deadlines1 quote
I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by. — Douglas Adams · 2001Finishing a task1 quote
I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me: the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart. — Jerome K. Jerome · 1889Idleness1 quote
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. — Jerome K. Jerome · 1886Killing time1 quote
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. — Jerome K. Jerome · 1886Lost time1 quote
Procrastination is the thief of time. — Edward Young · 1742Luck1 quote
He that waits upon Fortune, is never sure of a dinner. — Benjamin Franklin · 1734No time like the present1 quote
Say not, When I have leisure I will study; perchance thou wilt never have leisure. — Hillel the Elder · 10Time1 quote
Procrastination is the thief of time. — Edward Young · 1742Wasting time1 quote
There's nothing so dangerous as sitting still. You've only got one life, one youth, and you can let it slip through your fingers if you want to; nothing easier. Most people do that. — Willa Cather · 1912Work1 quote
I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me: the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart. — Jerome K. Jerome · 1889Writer's block1 quote
I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by. — Douglas Adams · 2001Youth1 quote
There's nothing so dangerous as sitting still. You've only got one life, one youth, and you can let it slip through your fingers if you want to; nothing easier. Most people do that. — Willa Cather · 1912