Tim Ferriss Quotes

You gotta know when to be lazy. Done correctly, it's an art form that benefits everyone.

I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy.

A great many people have come up to me and asked how I manage to get so much work done and still keep looking so dissipated.

I'm certainly not a workaholic.

I suppose that there is no point wasting time being lazy, though of course indolence in a divine way, actually has its advantages.

Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.

Work hard, play hard.

I work hard, and I tend to play hard. I very seldom rest hard.

I envy people who can think, 'No, I'm not going to work today' when they have a huge pile of deadlines stacking up.

The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.

The less I work, the happier I am. I discovered that, as most people discover at some point.

I get a lot done considering I spend half my day sleeping.

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

I don't know the difference between working and not working.

I work hard and I play hard, too. There is nothing wrong with that.

I just enjoy both working and not working.

We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure.

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

My health may be better preserved if I exert myself less, but in the end doesn't each person give his life for his calling?

I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.

I take two hours off for my family every day. And then I write fourteen hours.

I don't think I am a workaholic. I prefer to keep busy. It is better than the alternative.

My friends ask me why I don't chill out and take things easy. I tell them that when I used to work 326 days a year, I never had time to do anything.

Time off doesn't sit well with me.

I'm either working or I'm lying in bed the entire day.