Jim Butcher Quotes

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

If you're always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing. -Kelsier

Look at those two. Wasting time. You wouldn't catch me doing that.

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

The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to do everything. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay no attention to the little amount of work they are required to do. They complain constantly that the day is too short. The truth is, they are afraid to fight the good fight.

It is an undoubted truth, that the less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in. One yawns, one procrastinates, one can do it when one will, and therefore one seldom does it at all.

That the Devil finds work for idle hands to do is probably true. But there is a profound difference between leisure and idleness.

People who never have any time on their hands are those who do the least.

the less one does, as I long ago observed, the less one can find time to do.

Those who never have time do least

No man is so methodical as a complete idler, and none so scrupulous in measuring out his time as he whose time is worth nothing.

Many are idly busy; Domitian was busy, but then it was in catching flies.

Many people who pretend to be very busy have the least to do.

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 person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.

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

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

I've seen guys sit the whole day doing nothing, and I hate it when people are unproductive. I don't like a guy who sits on the couch all day.

A loafer always has the correct time.

I don't have a good work ethic. I have a real casual relationship with hours.

I do like to start on time; I like to set the bar high for people.

Those who have least to do are generally the most busy people in the world.

I am one of the great wasters of time. I have made it an art form. I can get up at 8 o'clock in the morning, be out of the house by 8:30 and back by 5 P.M., and I'll be going all day long and accomplish absolutely nothing. It's an amazing talent.

The best way to fill time is to waste it.

Argh... I could be better with my time. I like to be punctual, but I could be better.