Laziness is the mother of efficiency

Quote by Marian Propp

Topics: Efficiency Quotes, Laziness Quotes

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

Efficiency is intelligent laziness.

Efficiency is intelligent laziness.

The outgrowth of conservation, the inevitable result, is national efficiency.

The outgrowth of conservation, the inevitable result, is national efficiency.

One must choose between Obscurity with Efficiency, and Fame with its inevitable collateral of Bluff.

One must choose between Obscurity with Efficiency, and Fame with its inevitable collateral of Bluff.

For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing...

For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing...

Greater personal choice, individually tailored services, stronger local accountability, greater efficiency - these are all...

Greater personal choice, individually tailored services, stronger local accountability, greater efficiency - these are all...

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy...

Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy...

Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the...

Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the...

A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player's personal signature,...

A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player's personal signature,...

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier...

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier...

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is...

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is...

Each of us has come to share the same point of view, that a global...

Each of us has come to share the same point of view, that a global...

The American attitude towards efficiency and execution should always underlie architecture.

The American attitude towards efficiency and execution should always underlie architecture.

In the exercise of God's efficiency, the decree of God comes first. This manner of...

In the exercise of God's efficiency, the decree of God comes first. This manner of...

Every good cause is worth some inefficiency.

Every good cause is worth some inefficiency.

Applications for loans would be judged on a nation's social justice record as well as...

Applications for loans would be judged on a nation's social justice record as well as...

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.

The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest.

The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest.

Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.

Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.