Germaine Greer Quotes

I'm not going to rush anything and scamper around like a mad person and make myself crazy.

An opportunity missed once will present itself again, whereas a too hasty action can never be recalled.

I am always wary of decisions made hastily. I am always wary of the first decision, that is, the first thing that comes to my mind .... This is usually the wrong thing. I have to wait and assess, … taking the necessary time.

Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

He who decides in haste repents in haste.

Every time I've rushed into something, that's usually when I have regrets.

There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.

Short cuts make long delays.

When you come to a fork in the road, take it.

Delay is preferable to error.

If you rush in and out of the clubhouse, you rush in and out of baseball.

A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.

Slow down, everyone. You're moving too fast.

Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.

Life is made up of a series of judgments on insufficient data, and if we waited to run down all our doubts, it would flow past us.

If they try to rush me, I always say, I've only got one other speed and it's slower.

A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad.

Our elite is primarily and increasingly managerial. A managerial elite manages. A crisis, unfortunately, requires thought. Thought is not a management function.

It is easy to say that something should be done. However to say what, when and how is more difficult.

Decisiveness is the best way to get things done.

I’m a gut player. I rely on my instincts.