Stanislaw Ulam Quotes

Rather than waste precious time arguing, I went up and started serving my "sentence" without delay. It was usually about an hour for epigrams; somewhat longer for a paradox.

As he that lives longest lives but a little while, every man may be certain that he has no time to waste. The duties of life are commensurate to its duration; and every day brings its task, which, if neglected, is doubled on the morrow.

There is always time to take more time.

There just isn't enough time for everything on our 'to do' list - and there never will be. Successful people don't try to do everything. They learn to focus on the most important tasks and make sure they get done.

Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time.

Just a few words on time management: forget all about it.

I have reached the end of my time, and have hardly come to the beginning of my task.

The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time.

The whole thing is, do as much as you can, when you possibly can, and don't stress.

The thing is to try to do as much as you can in the time that you have.

Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. General recognition of this fact is shown in the proverbial phrase "It is the busiest man who has time to spare."

If you don't have time, the truth is, you don't have priorities. Think harder; don't work harder.

What is urgent will always take precedence over what is important.

One of the secrets of getting more done is to make a TO DO List every day, keep it visible, and use it as a guide to action as you go through the day.

Sometimes they work, and sometimes they just won't. Sometimes you get hung up on them. When that happens, you just throw it back, and maybe come back to it two or three weeks later.

One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time.

Reason, too late perhaps, may convince you of the folly of misspending time.

People with good work habits have to-do lists that are reasonably prioritized, and they make themselves do what needs to be done. By contrast, people with poor work habits almost randomly react to the stuff that comes at them, or they can't bring themselves to do the things they need to do but don't like to do (or are unable to do).

Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.

Any task can be completed in only one-third more time than is currently estimated.

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

The less you struggle with a problem, the more it's likely to solve itself. The less time you spend frantically running around, the more productive you are likely to be.

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

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.