Kenneth Oppel Quotes

I hate wasting time.

I think of all my time as existing in 15-minute blocks. Most people think in terms of 30-minute chunks, but I've found that when I free up more time, I waste it.

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

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.

I'm the type of person, I cannot waste time.

It's amazing how many things busy people are doing that never will be missed.

Don't waste my time- I'm not stupid, and I'm not gullible.

I like to move quickly. I don't like the nature of television of just sitting around and overshooting.

I wasn't the kind of student that Pratt was looking for. They wanted patient people who would work on something forever. I didn't want to work on any project forever. I intended to get things done.

When we waste our time, our time wastes us

I don't have time for any nonsense.

The best way to make a long story short is to stop listening.

On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, in all judgment and efforts to get things done, hurry and impatience are sure marks of the amateur.

Don't waste time on excuses. Just get it done.

If your activities don't match your priorities, you are wasting your life.

I don’t waste time. I move. I finish things. I don’t try and do things to the nth degree. I know what’s important and what’s not. I’ve really learned that. That’s a judgement I’ve learned, what really matters.

Each thing I do, I rush through, so I can do something else.

If you continually ask yourself, "What's important now?", you won't waste time on the trivial.

He who attempts to do all will waste his life in doing little.

Waste not a day in vain digression; with resolute, courageous trust seek every possible impression and make it firmly your posession you'll then work on because you must.

I have a great drive to make things and sometimes I forget to slow down a little.

He moves fastest who moves alone.

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

Most people spend most of their time on low-priority busywork because it requires no additional knowledge, skills, or imagination-or courage. In a word, it's easier.

Once you have a clear picture of your priorities - that is values, goals, and high leverage activities - organize around them.