#productive

It is a governing principle of nature, that the agency which can produce most good, when perverted from its proper aim, is most productive of evil. ↗

— James F. Cooper

#aim #evil #good #governing #most

I'm definitely responsible for coming in with some basic chord changes, or ideas. Everybody in the band looks to me to come up with the basic seed, so it's not very productive to come in with nothing. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#basic #changes #chord #come #coming

I've been too productive for too long, and despite what anybody wants to strip away from me, I am influential. I am. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#anybody #away #been #despite #i

One book at a time... though I'm usually doing the research for others while I'm writing, but that sort of research is fairly desultory and I like to stick to the book being written - and writing a book concentrates the mind so the research is more productive. ↗

— Bernard Cornwell

#book #concentrates #doing #fairly #i

The bottom line is, when people are crystal clear about the most important priorities of the organization and team they work with and prioritized their work around those top priorities, not only are they many times more productive, they discover they have the time they need to have a whole life. ↗

— Stephen Covey

#around #bottom #bottom line #clear #crystal

I think what makes a good actor's director is somebody who understands what I'm doing and is respectful of it, but who also has a vision and is directing me toward their vision in a way that feels productive. ↗

— Matt Damon

#also #directing #director #doing #feels

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#ability #artistic #both #burning #eat

The concentration and reciprocal effect of industry and agriculture conjoin in a growth of productive powers, which increases more in geometrical than in arithmetical proportion. ↗

— Friedrich List

#arithmetical #concentration #effect #geometrical #growth

Nothing is so unproductive as the law. It is expensive whether you win or lose. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#law #lose #nothing #unproductive #whether

Confidence-building is not something that can go on forever. If it goes on forever then it becomes counterproductive. ↗

— Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

#counterproductive #forever #go #goes #something