Productive Quotes

673 Productive quotes by 536 unique authors

A good father believes that he does wisely to encourage enterprise, productive skill, prudent self-denial, and judicious expenditure on the part of his son. — William Graham Sumner
I think songwriting is the ultimate form of being able to make anything that happens in your life productive. — Taylor Swift
One of my most productive days was throwing away 1,000 lines of code. — Ken Thompson
Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on… — Donald Trump
Disabled people need more invested in their education, housing, job training, transportation, assistive technology, and independent-living facilities. Governments earn back this investment - and more… — Jesse Ventura
I wrote three novels in six months, with a clarity of focus and attention to detail that I had never before experienced. This type of… — Ayelet Waldman
The more generous we are, the more joyous we become. The more cooperative we are, the more valuable we become. The more enthusiastic we are,… — William Arthur Ward
I feel like everything I do is successful and productive. It's gonna be hard to tell me I'm slipping. — Lil Wayne
And I think if you look at any relationship, for the relationship to be productive and to move forward and to grow, sometimes things have… — Ricky Williams
It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be… — Wendell Willkie
Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive. — E. O. Wilson
Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil. — Mary Wollstonecraft
I don't like to be labeled, to be anything. I've made the mistake before myself of labeling my music, but it's counter-productive. — Neil Young
I learned not to confuse 'busy' with 'productive,' but I'm still far too addicted to email to resist its early-morning digital snuggles. — Chris Hardwick
The Amish communities of Pennsylvania, despite the retro image of horse-drawn buggies and straw hats, have long been engaged in a productive debate about the… — Howard Rheingold
Overwinding happens when hedge funds destroy companies by attempting to leverage derivatives against otherwise productive long-term assets. — Douglas Rushkoff
It's important to be heroic, ambitious, productive, efficient, creative, and progressive, but these qualities don't necessarily nurture soul. The soul has different concerns, of equal… — Thomas Moore
I figure if Doc is right about the time I have left,I should wrap up my adolescence in the next few days, get into my… — Chris Crutcher
If you're trying to be miserable, it's important you don't have any goals. No school goals, personal goals, family goals. Your only objective each day… — John Bytheway
My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with… — Ayn Rand
The problem is acceptance, which is something we're taught not to do. We're taught to improve uncomfortable situations, to change things, alleviate unpleasant feelings. But… — Anne Lamott
No matter how much pressure you feel at work, if you could find ways to relax for at least five minutes every hour, you’d be… — Joyce Brothers
Genius disregards the boundaries of propriety. Genius is permitted to shout if shouting is productive. — Lois Lowry
Inasmuch as art preserves, with the promise of happiness, the memory of the goal that failed, it can enter, as a 'regulative idea,' the desperate… — Herbert Marcuse
People, especially successful people, are habitual creatures. They're organized. This makes them productive - Gus Mitchell — Vince Flynn

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