Water the fruit trees and don’t water the thorns.
Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.
Some things are worth the wait.
I felt strongly that since the pursuit of good science was so difficult it was essential that the problem being studied was an important one to justify the effort expanded.
We work on things that really matter.
Maybe sometimes the best things are worth waiting for possibly.