Mignon McLaughlin Quotes

My biggest regret could be summed up in one word, and that's procrastination.

There's nothing wrong with procrastination. Or is there? I'll leave it to you to decide, but only if you have the time.

I think like a lot of people, you look back on your life and say, 'Gee, why didn't I apply myself?' If I would have spent as much time studying as I did conniving, trying to do as little as possible, I probably would have got the A's.

I waste most of the day, then finally start to write around 3 P.M., totally disgusted with myself for my wasteful nature.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

I know how lazy I am. So if I have to go somewhere else I can't get to easily, I talk myself out of it.

I'm lazy but generally task oriented so having a hoop to jump through means eventually I'll make the effort.

It's very easy to fool yourself that you're working, you know, when you're really not working very hard. I mean, I'm very lazy. So for me, I would always have an excuse, you know, to go - quit early, go to a museum, you know. So I do everything I can to make myself remember this is a job. I keep a schedule.

Am I a slacker? I can be a slacker. When I was in college, most people got summer jobs for college or did research during college. I went home and watched TV the whole day for three months; it was really awesome.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season.

Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.

I am capable of being idle.

Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.

I have to be motivated, and I'm sure time will avail itself.

Y'know, the real reason why I was such a failure in the sense of being unable to make any sort of a living was because I was really not motivated. I had no motivation.

One of the things I'm really good at is procrastinating.

I can be a lazy slob.

I'm a terrible procrastinator.

I'm so good at procrastinating.

My block was due to two overlapping factors: laziness and lack of discipline.

There're so many things I want to do, like become more media savvy. I am too lazy. But I'm making an effort.

I'm barely prolific and incredibly lazy.

When we hold back out of laziness, that is when we tie ourselves into knots of boredom.

I have to watch out for being lazy.