Haste Makes Waste Quotes

Don't judge a book by its cover 'til you've read the book.

Don't judge a book by its cover

Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.

Take time for all things.

Too many cooks spoil the broth

Haste makes waste, so I rarely hurry. But if a ferret were about to dart up my dress, I'd run.

Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.

Let wealth come in by comely thrift, And not by any sordid shift; 'T is haste Makes waste; Extremes have still their fault. Who gripes too hard the dry and slipp'ry sand, Holds none at all, or little, in his hand.

I understand from my own work that haste makes waste. But I also understand that ... the creative spark dims, and then death puts it out. William Shakespeare, for instance, hasn’t produced a new play for 400 years. That, my friends, is a long dry spell.

I understand that each one of us works at a different speed, and has a slightly different process. I understand that these writers are painstaking, wanting each sentence-each word-to carry weight... I know it’s not laziness, but respect for the work, and I understand from my own work that haste makes waste. But I also understand that life is short, and that in the end, none of us is prolific. The creative spark dims, and then death puts it out. William Shakespeare, for instance, hasn’t produced a new play for 400 years. That, my friends, is a long dry spell.