Daily View - Time is Money

Time is Money

Yes. Absolutely true. We can't deny it.

Did you ever wonder from where this essay came from? Well, I did. Quote:

"Time is money" is a much easier way to explain the concept of Opportunity cost - because time is money! It means time is a valuable resource (because our time in this world is finite), so it's better to do things as quickly as possible. Alternatively, spend time and effort on things that get the results we are looking for.

The phrase is usually credited to Benjamin Franklin, who used it in an essay (Advice to a Young Tradesman, 1748). The actual phrase was recorded in 1719 in the magazine The Free-Thinker.

However, the idea that "time is money" has a long history. The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs cites two earlier references. Antiphon (ca. 430 BC) of ancient Greece used "the most costly outlay is time." Discourse upon Usury (1572) used "They saye tyme is precious."

Time is money, so I'll stop there for this answer.

Nov 28, 2014 - By Robert C. Lee