"I was so long writing my review..." - Quote by Groucho Marx
I was so long writing my review that I never got around to reading the book.
More by Groucho Marx
“If you were a man, you'd go into businessfor yourself. I know a fellow who started out last year with just acanoe. Now he's got more women than you can shake a stick at, ifthat's your idea of a good time.”
“Anybody who doesn't like this book is healthy”
“I'll teach you to kick me...' You don't need to teach me--I already know how!”
More on Writing
“To be successful in writing, use short sentences.”
“You've got to be able to look at your thoughts on paper and discover what a fool you were.”
“I remember, when I was a child and wrote poems in little clasped books, I used to kiss the books and put them away tenderly because I had been happy near them, and take them out by turns when I was going from home, to cheer them by the change of air and the pleasure of the new place. This, not for the sake of the verses written in them, and not for the sake of writing more verses in them, but from pure gratitude.”
More on Procrastination
“There will never be a "perfect" time to quit smoking. A time when you don't have any distractions or stress... If you had started today one year ago, this would not even be an issue for you today! Don't waste another year!”
“It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.”
“The habit of always putting off an experience until you can afford it, or until the time is right, or until you know how to do it is one of the greatest burglars of joy. Be deliberate, but once you've made up your mind -jump in.”