Productive Quotes

673 Productive quotes by 536 unique authors

Just because something has been a lot of work or consumed a lot of time doesn't make it productive or worthwhile. — Tim Ferriss
The values of commodities are directly as the times of labor employed in their production, and are inversely as the productive powers of the labor… — Karl Marx
The individual produces an object and, by consuming it, returns to himself, but returns as a productive and self reproducing individual. Consumption thus appears as… — Karl Marx
I care about being creative and productive. — Merrill Markoe
When we were doing 'Freaks and Geeks', I didn't quite understand how movies and TV worked, and I would improvise even if the camera wasn't… — James Franco
Earth is abundant with plentiful resources. Our practice of rationing resources through monetary control is no longer relevant and is counter-productive to our survival. — Jacque Fresco
So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear. That there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the… — Milton Friedman
I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to constantly outdo yourself,… — Elizabeth Gilbert
I think the most productive thing to do during times of change is to be your best self, not the best version of someone else. — Seth Godin
In California, I do like to just chill out and go to the beach, but I love the energy here. I feel very productive when… — Ashley Greene
As the earth spins through space, a view from above the North Pole would encompass most of the wealth of the world - most of… — Barry Commoner
If I was to go to sleep before midnight, I would feel weird about myself, like I wasted a day. My most productive hours are… — J. Cole
Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt… — Charles Caleb Colton
I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives. — Nadia Comaneci
We've got gays working there. If they can demonstrate long-term relationships, we make same-sex benefits available just as we do with common-law marriages. Gays are… — Pete Coors
I've been too productive for too long, and despite what anybody wants to strip away from me, I am influential. I am. — Billy Corgan
I'm definitely responsible for coming in with some basic chord changes, or ideas. Everybody in the band looks to me to come up with the… — Billy Corgan
When every one of your arguments is characterized an attempt to bring back slavery or resegregate lunch counters, it's a little hard to have any… — Ann Coulter
The bottom line is, when people are crystal clear about the most important priorities of the organization and team they work with and prioritized their… — Stephen Covey
My first agent dissuaded me from calling myself 'Cumberbatch.' I had six months of not very productive time with her, so I changed agents. The… — Benedict Cumberbatch
It's very easy to confuse confident motion with being productive - and they're not the same thing. Productive to me means measurable outcomes that apply… — Tim Ferriss
If we as a nation are to break the cycle of poverty, crime and the growing underclass of young people ill equipped to be productive… — Jane Fonda
Our youth deserve the opportunity to complete their high school and college education, free of early parenthood. Their future children deserve the opportunity to grow… — Jane Fonda
You cannot carry on forever squeezing the productive bit of the economy in order to fund an unprecedented engorgement of the unproductive bit. — Daniel Hannan
For only by nurturing the minds and strengthening the values of our children can we give them an opportunity to be full, productive citizens, to… — Brad Henry

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