“If a thing's worth doing, it's worth overdoing. (Lazarus Long)”

“Anything worth doing, is worth overdoing.”

Nikki Sixx (1958) American musician

“Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.”

Mick Jagger (1943) British rock musician, member of The Rolling Stones

“If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.”

G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English mystery novelist and Christian apologist

“You must master the vices. You know that if a thing is worth doing it's worth doing well. If, however, a thing is not worth doing then it's worth doing fabulously, amazingly, with grace, style and panache.”

Isla Dewar (1946–2021) Scottish novelist who died in 2021

“If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing slowly … very slowly.”

Gypsy Rose Lee (1911–1970) American burlesque performer, actress, author

“If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are gone, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing.”

Carson McCullers (1917–1967) American writer

“There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and nothing worth killing for.”

Tom Robbins Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

“If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing.”

Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, …

“If a thing is worth having, it's worth cheating for.”

W.C. Fields (1880–1946) actor