Michelle Wolf Quotes

I'm a terrible procrastinator. When we go to the airport, if they're not literally closing the door behind my sweaty, hyperventilating body, I feel I've been there too long.

I'm always late for things and always feel like I'm rushing.

I always feel like I'm running an hour and a half late.

I get annoyed with rushing. Then I get in a bad mood - I'm so cranky. I hate being late.

Although a science fair can seem like a big "pain" it can help you understand important scientific principles, such as Newton's First Law of Inertia, which states: "A body at rest will remain at rest until 8:45 p.m. the night before the science fair project is due, at which point the body will come rushing to the body's parents, who are already in their pajamas, and shout, 'I JUST REMEMBERED THE SCIENCE FAIR IS TOMORROW AND WE GOTTA GO TO THE STORE RIGHT NOW!'"

I'm terrified of missing my call time. I'll check my alarm several times before I fall asleep.

I'm on time even when I try not to be.

Sometimes, I seem to be only able to actually move and get going with things on the razor edge of possibly still managing whatever it is I'm supposed to do. I think, secretly, I might even get a buzz out of it. Maybe I crave the adrenalin like some sort of crazy gambler high on risking everything on the turn of a card.

We Brazilians, happily or unhappily, leave a lot to the last minute.

I'm always running late - it's my downfall.

I can never be on time anywhere.

My biggest pet peeve is rushing.

I still have this habit, I guess, continued from college, where I procrastinate up until the last moment.

A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already.

If you have to be at work at 8, it's always like, 7:54. Just enough time to do nothing. To just lay there and go, "I can't do anything! I can't even have an English muffin!

I am a person who works well under pressure. In fact, I work so well under pressure that at times, I will procrastinate in order to create this pressure.

The National guys will tell you the same thing - I tend to work until the last possible minute.

I'm a precrastinator. Yes, that's an actual term. You know that panic you feel a few hours before a big deadline when you haven't done anything yet? I just feel that a few months ahead of time.

Procrastination comes in two types. Some of us procrastinate in order to pursue restful activities - spending time in bed, watching TV - while others delay difficult or unpleasant tasks in favor of those that are more fun.

I am very punctual about time, eating, and work.

Every job still feels like the first time.

Unproductive worry - like Parkinson's proverbial law - tends to expand to fill the time available.

I have so much to do! And there's so little time!

That is my problem with life, I rush through it, like I'm being chased. Even things whose whole point is slowness, like drinking relaxing tea. When I drink relaxing tea I suck it down as if I'm in a contest for who can drink relaxing tea the quickest.

I try to busy myself elsewhere, to arrive late; but I always lose at this game. Whatever I do, I find myself there, with nothing to do, punctual, even ahead of time.