Frederick Wiseman Quotes

The busy man is never wise and the wise man is never busy.

The best person to get something done is a busy person.

At first I probably seem very abrupt, but I like efficiency. There's work and there's play, and I always think: 'Let's get the work over with so we can thoroughly enjoy the play.'

The majority prove their worth by keeping busy. A busy life is the nearest thing to a purposeful life.

The secret of the truly successful ... is that they learned early in life how not to be busy.

Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.

I'll be very busy, which is all I need.

You would not believe how much time people waste in a day. And how little time they put into things they genuinely love.

One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. 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.

Give yourself permission to get the most out of your life. If you're spending all your time scrubbing corners with a toothbrush, you're kind of missing the point. Taking shortcuts doesn't mean shortcutting the end result.

I learned early that you only have so much energy to give. You have to spend it correctly.

The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.

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.

Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.

One of the nice things about being busy is it makes you focus on what's important to you and how you use your time.

I've always been really good at staying busy. Even while I'm working, I'm looking at what the next thing is.

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

I'm always busy, but I'm lazy as well.

From a productivity perspective, prioritization is key. And it's very easy to focus on clearing the decks of minutia, especially when one's very busy.

I don't waste my time doing my head in about stupid things that don't really matter and don't waste time worrying over nothing.

Time is kind of an amazing thing because you can do so much with it. I think people underestimate time... I don't want to just sit on my phone for hours.

It seems every morning I wake up to face a list of 20 things to do, with time only to do 10, and somehow I always wind up squishing in 30.

I don't have time to be classified as difficult, and I don't have time to care.

Never confuse activity with productivity.

You have to ruthlessly prioritize.