Wilson Mizner Quotes

Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.

Delay is preferable to error.

I believe when you rush your work, you're not thinking about what you're doing. That's when you make mistakes.

Take more time, cover less ground.

You don't look at it as the size of the role. Quantity is not the point. You can be as thorough in 30 seconds as you can in three hours.

I'm not in a hurry to do a lot of projects. I am very resolved in each project I take on.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

I believe in focusing on details.

One skill of a great entrepreneur is to get a whole complicated discussion and then say, 'We're going to do this one and we're only going to do this one'. Managers are good at prioritizing. Entrepreneurs know what is the one thing.

One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast withers as rapidly; and that which grows slow endures.

Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.

Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.

You can only do so many things great, and you should cast aside everything else.

You want to do a few things really well because you want to come out with a product that is fully baked, even though it may be lacking in a few features or whatever, rather than the one that's all-achieving but not doing anything too well.

Whatever you do, don't take shortcuts. It's great advice to take and live by.

We live as though there aren't enough hours in the day, but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress.

We have to make sure, at Apple, that we stay true to focus, laser focus - we know we can only do great things a few times, only on a few products.

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

I have always looked after the little things of my business; weightier matters will take care of themselves.

Success is the sum of details.

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.

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

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

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

You need to pay attention to the little things as well as the big things.