Procrastinator Quotes

• Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.

  William James

  Motivational, Clever, Procrastination

  William James (2008). “The Letters of William James”, p.249, Cosimo, Inc.

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  Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Motivational, Sports, Congratulations

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• You may delay, but time will not.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Benjamin Franklin (1998). “Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom”, p.43, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.

  William Shakespeare

  Time, Procrastination, Delay

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1785). “The dramatick writings of Will. Shakspere,: with the notes of all the various commentators; printed complete from the best editions of Sam. Johnson and Geo. Steevens”

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• You made delay, but time will not, and lost time is never found again.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Time, Procrastination, Delay

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• Procrastination is like a credit card: it's a lot of fun until you get the bill.

  Christopher Parker

  Fun, Attitude, Procrastination

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• Someday is not a day of the week.

  Janet Dailey

  Inspirational, Positive, I Hate You

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• Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

  Don Marquis

  Witty, Art, Procrastination

  archy and mehitabel (1927) "certain maxims of archy"

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• Lost time is never found again.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Motivational, Positive, Time

  Benjamin Franklin (1821). “Essays and Letters”, p.80

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• The procrastinator is not only indolent and weak, but commonly, false, too; most of the weak are false.

  Johann Kaspar Lavater

  Procrastination, Weak

  "Aphorisms on man. Translated from the original manuscript of the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zuric. ; [One line from Juvenal]" by Johann Kaspar Lavater, 1790.

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• It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Happiness, Leadership, Procrastination

  Leonardo Da Vinci (1938). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”

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• I never put off till tomorrow what I can do the day after.

  Oscar Wilde

  Procrastination, Tomorrow, Can Do

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

  Susan Orlean

  Procrastination, Thinking, Creative

  "Named" by Susan Orlean, www.newyorker.com. July 19, 2010.

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• Lack of confidence, sometimes alternating with unrealistic dreams of heroic success, often leads to procrastination, and many studies suggest that procrastinators are self-handicappers: rather than risk failure, they prefer to create conditions that make success impossible, a reflex that of course creates a vicious cycle.

  James Surowiecki

  Dream, Procrastination, Self

  "Later" by James Surowiecki, www.newyorker.com. October 11, 2010.

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• The problem is I am both a procrastinator and a power junkie, so I am very frustrating to work with.

  Alton Brown

  Problem, Frustrating, Junkie

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• As a survival-happy species, our successes are calculated in the number of years we have extended our lives, with the reduction of suffering being only incidental to this aim. To stay alive under almost any circumstances is a sickness with us. Nothing could be more unhealthy than to “watch one’s health” as a means of stalling death. The lengths we will go as procrastinators of that last gasp only demonstrate a morbid dread of that event. By contrast, our fear of suffering is deficient.

  Thomas Ligotti

  Mean, Years, Numbers

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• Dear Procrastinator: Taking action in and of itself is not difficult, but is in fact satisfying and is usually followed by a sense of pride & accomplishment. However, it is THINKING about the action that you should be taking and NOT taking it that's difficult, as it leaves you feeling guilty and unsatisfied. THE SOLUTION: Stop thinking and take action NOW.

  Hal Elrod

  Pride, Thinking, Accomplishment

  FaceBook post by Hal Elrod from Sep 03, 2010

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• The essence is that many procrastinators are "structured procrastinators," people who, like me, get a lot done as a way of not working on what they should ideally be working on.

  John Perry

  Essence, People, Done

  Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. October 4, 2012.

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• In high school, I was the biggest procrastinator in the world.

  Kristin Kreuk

  School, High School, World

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• I'm really not one of these procrastinators who cleans the house in order to put off writing, but life gets in the way.

  Emma Donoghue

  Writing, Order, House

  "Emma Donoghue: How I write". www.theguardian.com. October 29, 2012.

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• The Procrastinator has the opposite problem. He can’t selectively focus his attention and might endure frequent accusations about his laziness. In truth, he’s so distracted by stimuli that he can’t figure out where or how to get started. Sounds, smells, sights and the random wanderings of his thoughts continually vie for his attention.

  Kate Kelly

  Sight, Opposites, Smell

  Kate Kelly, Peggy Ramundo (2006). “You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?!: The Classic Self-Help Book for Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

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• I wonder if I would have been capable of producing anything if I worked in a more conventional way with a prewritten script, because I'm of the procrastinator class.

  Mike Leigh

  Class, Way, Scripts

  Interview with Chloe Veltman, www.believermag.com. March/April 2009.

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• I'm a terrible procrastinator. When we go to the airport, if they're not literally closing the door behind my sweaty, hyperventilating body, I feel I've been there too long.

  Greg Kinnear

  Airports, Doors, Long

  "Good Humor Man". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.elle.com. July 25, 2006.

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• I've always been a procrastinator.

  Kris Allen

  "Kris Allen reflects on 'Idol' upset win". Interview with Brian Mansfield, www.usatoday.com. May 22, 2009.

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• I am a great procrastinator. When the writing is going really well, the laundry piles up.

  Dana Spiotta

  Writing, Laundry, Wells

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