A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary.
It's amazing how many things busy people are doing that never will be missed.
Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable.
All professional men are handicapped by not being allowed to ignore things which are useless.
The law doth never enforce a man to doe a vaine thing.
Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.
I don't ever want to do stuff just for the sake of it.
I see no reason to have my shirts ironed. It's irrational.
There are a lot of silly projects out there.
Eliminate activities that require you to be around people you cannot stand. Don't do things for people who should be doing them themselves... and don't waste time chasing trophies.
If I have a 12 or 14 hour workday, I am home the next. I cut out anything that is frivolous or doesn't need to be done.
The biggest waste of time is to do well something that we need not do at all.
How extraordinary people are, that they get themselves into such situations where they go on doing what they dislike doing, and have no need or obligation to do, simply because it seems to be expected.
Do not believe that it is very much of an advance to do the unnecessary three times as fast.
Most men would feel insulted if it were proposed to employ them in throwing stones over a wall, and then in throwing them back, merely that they might earn their wages. But many are no more worthily employed now.
I see no reason for recording the obvious.
