Productive – Quotes

My idea of a

My idea of a productive day, as both a child and an adult, was reading for hours and staring out the window. Gail Caldwell

A lot of times

A lot of times I make people better by getting stupid, distracting, bureaucratic stuff off their desk. That’s an incredibly easy way to make a senior person more productive. Gabe Newell

The gratification of helping others is a very American tradition and a Judeo-Christian tradition. Now it is great to see young people creating funds and giving back in all sorts of productive ways. It’s a terrifically satisfying thing. Evelyn Lauder

Even though I’m resting

Even though I’m resting I’m accomplishing something by sewing that shirt that I’ve been meaning to sew for weeks. And it’s relaxing. It’s so very meditative and quiet and enjoyable. But at least I’m producing something. I’m being productive in some way. I have a very hard time being completely idle. Evangeline Lilly

People who observe no

People who observe no limits in attempting to get work done aren’t nearly as smart as they think. Hard work can be done by any fool. But to be highly productive, and still have plenty of time to rest and play, this is where true genius resides. Ernie J Zelinski

You are fooling yourself

You are fooling yourself whenever you think you are productive just because you have worked fourteen hours in a day. You will be truly productive when you do the same amount of work in four hours, and take the other ten hours to enjoy the good things life has to offer. Ernie J Zelinski

Understand that workaholics aren’t

Understand that workaholics aren’t productive people. Quite the contrary. A workaholic is someone who takes twice as much time to accomplish half as much as a Lazy Achiever. Ernie J Zelinski

The assumption of all

The assumption of all education is that learning will be directed toward constructive ends and I’m convinced that colleges should support students in their determination to be useful, self-sufficient, and productive. Ernest L. Boyer

Industrial Society is not

Industrial Society is not merely one containing ‘industry,’ large-scale productive units capable of supplying man’s material needs in a way which can eliminate poverty: it is also a society in which knowledge plays a part wholly different from that which it played in earlier social forms, and which indeed possesses a quite different type of … Read more

For a long time,

For a long time, the humans are going to be better than the machines and so different parts of the job will be leveraged. In a way that’s happened for centuries, and we’ve adapted. And it’s made the people who had parts of their jobs automated more valuable and more productive to the extent that … Read more