Keyword: Procrastination

Any task worth doing was worth doing yesterday.

Murphy’s Laws

I put the pro in procrastinate.

Characteristics

There's no time like the present for postponing what you don't want to do.

Murphy’s Laws

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author
Characteristics Past Time

My friend Winnie is a procrastinator…. he didn’t get his birthmark until he was eight years old.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer
Characteristics People Time

Procrastination shortens the job and places the responsibility for its termination on someone else (i.e., the authority who imposed the deadline.)

Murphy’s Laws

Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can get done sometime next week.

Murphy’s Laws Time

Don't put off till tomorrow what can be enjoyed today.

(1818 – 1885) humorist
Characteristics Time

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
Future Time

If you have something to do and you put it off for long enough, the chances are someone else will do it for you.

Murphy’s Laws Time

My mother always told me I wouldn’t amount to anything because I procrastinate; I said ‘Just wait.’

(1956 – ) American entertainer & comedian
Characteristics Family Mothers

One thing that's good about procrastination is that you always have something planned for tomorrow.

(1890 – 1973) English writer & critic
Characteristics

Never put off till tomorrow what you can avoid all together.

Murphy’s Laws Time

Procrastination: The art of keeping up with yesterday.

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