Robert M. Pirsig Quotes

The easiest thing to do in the world is to neglect the important and give in to the urgent.

Being in a hurry. Getting to the next thing without fully entering the thing in front of me. I cannot think of a single advantage I've ever gained from being in a hurry. But a thousand broken and missed things, tens of thousands, lie in the wake of all the rushing.... Through all that haste I thought I was making up time. It turns out I was throwing it away.

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

We have not the time to take our time.

For most of my life, I've been in a hurry.

All my life, I was always in a hurry! I was always hustling!

Devoting a little of yourself to everything means committing a great deal of yourself to nothing.

Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry.

I don't have time for any nonsense.

All the women in the world would not make me lose an hour.

The best thing you can give me is your time. The easiest way to get me angry is to waste my time.

Life is too short. I don't have time to speak slowly.

First things first, second things never.

How few care about such things.

Delay is not our friend. Delay is our enemy.

My biggest pet peeve is rushing.

To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.

Learn to differentiate between what is truly important and what can be dealt with at another time.

I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest.

Be quick without hurrying.

What's purple mean?" Adrian put his hand on the door. "Gotta go, Sage. Dont want to keep Dorothy waiting

Better start rushing before the rush begins!

One of the most pernicious effects of haste is obscurity.

Goals help you keep in perspective what's really important so you don't spend all of your time doing what seems urgent.

Whatever gets your goat gets your attention. Whatever gets your attention gets your time. Whatever gets your time gets you. Whatever gets you becomes your master. Take care, lest a little thing horn in and get your goat