Urgency makes the difference between practitioners…

“Habitual procrastinators will readily testify to all the lost opportunities, missed deadlines, failed relationships and even monetary losses incurred just because of one nasty…

— Stephen Richards

I think that kind of urgency is what makes this stage of the climate movement really different from what it was even a few…

— Avi Lewis

I ... practiced all the arts of apology, evasion, and invisibility, to which procrastinators must sooner or later be reduced.

— Maria Edgeworth

The rest-seeking procrastinators would generally rather not exert themselves at all, while the fun-task procrastinators enjoy being busy and active all the time but…

— Daniel Levitin

“Procrastinators often follow exactly the wrong tack. They try to minimize their commitments, assuming that if they have only a few things to do,…

— John Perry

“Mr Mowett,' called Stephen in the pause while the table was clearing to make room for the pudding, and pudding-wine—in this case Frontignan and…

— Patrick O'Brian

“Procrastinators often follow exactly the wrong tack. They try to minimize their commitments, assuming that if they have only a few things to do,…

— John R. Perry

I was surprised by how many people think of themselves as procrastinators, but, like me, seem to get a lot done anyway.

— John Perry

The fantasy of doing a task perfectly is common with procrastinators; they set the bar for success very high. Then they are afraid to…

— John Perry

The essence is that many procrastinators are "structured procrastinators," people who, like me, get a lot done as a way of not working on…

— John Perry

“Most of us are procrastinators by nature. We will often put off the hardest things until the last possible minute or until the repercussion…

— Ruth Soukup

Over the years, I developed a theory about why writers are such procrastinators: We were too good in English class. This sounds crazy, but…

— Megan McArdle

Procrastinators who say, 'There's always tomorrow' deny the reality that one day, they will be wrong.

— Anonymous

“All procrastinators put off things they have to do. Structured procrastination is the art of making this negative trait work for you. The key…

— John R. Perry

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…

— James Surowiecki