Tim Ferriss Quotes

Doing less is not being lazy. Don't give in to a culture that values personal sacrifice over personal productivity.

Tim Ferriss

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• Vin Scully has been my broadcasting idol for a long time. He is so humble - he has the exact same work ethic that he had 65 years ago. His family is what he cares about the most, and at the heart of his whole being is his marriage and kids.

  

  Hannah Storm
  • Time
  • Work
  • Long

• In a small town, it's either sports or a band with your buddies. I was always athletic. But in college, I was exposed to all this new music, and I was drawn to hip-hop and R&B.

  

  Sam Hunt
  • Music
  • Small
  • College

• I think there is no reason for us to bring to Islamism or political Islam the fear and ignorance of Western commentators and their hysterical vocabulary.

  

  Pankaj Mishra
  • Political
  • Fear
  • Ignorance

• I guess there are all these women with a big secret - they're hiding men they are ashamed of. They come up to me and say: 'I've been dating this guy for six months in secret but none of my friends know. I can't give him up even though he's embarrassing.'

  

  Hannah Simone
  • Up
  • Men
  • Women

• It's the way you ride the trail that counts.

  

  Dale Evans
  • You
  • Ride
  • Trail

• The train system in India is chaotic and fun - it's the best way to see the landscape. Being in with all the families and also being the odd animal is a colourful experience you'll never forget.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Experience
  • Fun
  • Best

• I believe in the institution of marriage; Other than cinema, it's the only way to be immortalised!

  

  Randeep Hooda
  • Believe
  • Marriage
  • Cinema

• There is definitely that thing here a little where people are like 'Oh that Broadway girl has come to Nashville' and I'm like 'Listen you guys, I was singing country before I even got a Broadway show. And I'm from Kentucky.'

  

  Laura Bell Bundy
  • People
  • Country
  • Girl

• The right of petition, I have said, was not conferred on the People by the Constitution, but was a pre-existing right, reserved by the People out of the grants of power made to Congress.

  

  Caleb Cushing
  • People
  • Power
  • Constitution

• Some people look at movies and think, 'Oh my gosh, that's so amazing.' But to me, I look at a politician or a scientist and think, 'They're creating the content of humanity.'

  

  Kate McKinnon
  • People
  • Amazing
  • Humanity

• I've often felt I've been born out of my time, and when I started Fairground Attraction in the 1980s, I wanted to be a 1940s jazz singer.

  

  Eddi Reader
  • Time
  • Born
  • Jazz

• What an electric thrill it sends up and down the spine, how it sets the heart racing: A Royal Romance! A Royal Wedding! The pomp and the pageantry!

  

  Hamish Bowles
  • Up
  • Heart
  • Down

• I'm concerned a little bit with the culture of celebrating the fundraise. My dad taught me that when you borrow money it's the worst day of your life.

  

  Gary Vaynerchuk
  • Life
  • Money
  • Culture

• Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.

  

  Madame de Stael
  • Creative
  • Genius
  • Individual

• Here is our opportunity and our challenge. If the nuclear powers are prepared to declare a truce, let us seize the moment to strengthen the institutions and procedures which will serve as the means for the pacific settlement of disputes among men.

  

  Haile Selassie
  • Men
  • Opportunity
  • Challenge

• Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are. To be is the great thing.

  

  Edwin Hubbell Chapin
  • Great

• It gives me great pleasure, indeed, to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.

  

  Albert Einstein
  • Pleasure
  • Stubbornness

• From the newest arrivals to our Native American brothers and sisters, we are one America.

  

  Jared Polis
  • American
  • America

• The belief in a certain idea gives to the researcher the support for his work. Without this belief he would be lost in a sea of doubts and insufficiently verified proofs.

  

  Konrad Zuse
  • Work
  • Giving
  • Support

• I lull them into a false sense of security by watching me pitch... If overconfidence can cause the Roman Empire to fall, I ought to be able to get a ground ball.

  

  Dan Quisenberry
  • Security
  • Watching
  • Cause

• I work on one book at a time. And yes, I am immersed. Six days a week for four to six hours a day. In between books, I stop writing for as much as two to three months, but during that time, I do research and think, plot and plan the book.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • Time
  • Work
  • Writing

• Statistically, Portland, Oregon has the most street kids, like kids that run away from home and live on the street. It's like a whole culture thing there. If you walk around on the streets, there are kids living on the streets, begging for money, but it's almost like a cool thing. They all just sit around and play music and squat.

  

  Laura Ramsey
  • Music
  • Live
  • Money

• I've never been one to learn scales and do exercises. Maybe I'm lazy, but I just don't take to that kind of thing. Learning other people's songs is enjoyable, and my fingers tend to go to new places because I'm not playing my music, the stuff that comes naturally to me.

  

  Mat Kearney
  • People
  • Music
  • Learning

• Doing less is not being lazy. Don't give in to a culture that values personal sacrifice over personal productivity.

  

  Tim Ferriss
  • Culture
  • Lazy
  • Productivity