Maria Konnikova Quotes

There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see it take place too quickly.

Human error is usually the result of impatience.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

I've always zoomed through life in a vain attempt to keep up with my sprinting brain. If I have to choose between doing something quickly and doing it right, I often select the speedier option.

A writer who is in a hurry to be understood today or tomorrow runs the danger of being misunderstood the day after tomorrow.

Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.

To begin impatiently is the worst mistake a writer can make.

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

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

Impatience is a virtue.

Haste is of the Devil.

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

No one wants to be patient. No one wants to wait for anything. They want it right now - that instant gratification.

Too great haste leads us to error.

Haste in every business brings failures.

Hurry is only admissible in catching flies.

Short-cuts lead to long delays.

Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.

Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.

The greatest assassin of life is haste, the desire to reach things before the right time which means overreaching them.

The man who saves time by galloping loses it by missing his way; the shepherd who hurries his flock to get them home spends the night on the mountain looking for the lost; economy does not consist in haste, but in certainty.

No man who is in a hurry is quite civilized.

Haste trips up its own heels, fetters and stops itself.

The more haste, ever the worst speed.

Despatch is taking time by the ears; hurry is taking it by the end of the tail.