That is to say that despair does not seem to be in any way…

I was in Mexico City. It's a very pleasant city in many ways. It's vibrant, lively, pretty exciting society, but also depressing in other…

— Noam Chomsky

“They say despair is a terrible thing, but hope is worse: it keeps you shackled for ever, like a dog in a wheel, always…

— Karen Maitland

To those who can hear me, I say - do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of…

— Charlie Chaplin

There are circumstances in which despair does not imply inactivity.

— Edmund Burke

To the extent that I had come to understand that despair does not necessarily result in annihilation, that one can go on as usual…

— Banana Yoshimoto

But however close we sometimes seem to that dark and final abyss, let no man of peace and freedom despair. For he does not…

— John F. Kennedy

“I had come to understand that despair does not necessarily result in annihilation, that one can go on as usual despite of it...”

— Banana Yoshimoto

Employees cannot become more productive in every sense of the word unless they are provided with continuous on-the-job training.

— Gregory Balestrero

I find I am most productive with at least six hours of sleep.

— Mandana Dayani

I'm at my most productive before I even have my first cup of coffee. I only get slower and stupider as the day progresses.

— Anthony Bourdain

“Life is too short to waste being a productive member of society.”

— Sol Luckman

There exists above the "productive" man a yet higher species.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Everyday, all day I have to be productive. And when I ain't productive, I get concerned.

— Young Jeezy

Focus on being productive instead of busy.

— Tim Ferriss

One of my most productive days was throwing away 1,000 lines of code.

— Ken Thompson