LAZINESS QUOTES II
quotations about laziness
The trouble with the world is that laziness is seldom curable and never fatal.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
Part of the true luxury of "earned laziness" are the braggin rights that come along with being purposefully and publicly lazy. It is a badge of distinction, an emblem of success, without having to say too much about it. It labels us, affords us kudos, and raises our profile in the "pecking order" of our fellow troglodytes. It says to others, "See, I've done so well that I can afford to do nothing at all whenever I so choose!"
AL GINI
The Importance of Being Lazy
The lazy are always wanting to do something.
LUC DE CLAPIERS
Reflections and Maxims
The cause of laziness is physiological; it is an infirmity of the constitution, and its victim is as much to be pitied as a sufferer from any other constitutional infirmity. It is even worse than many other diseases; from them the patient may recover, while this is incurable.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE
Intuitions and Summaries of Thought
Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all Virtues.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Poor Richard's Almanack, 1757
Idleness is emptiness; the tree in which the sap is stagnant, remains fruitless.
HOSEA BALLOU
Treasury of Thought
Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree.
AMBROSE BIERCE
The Devil's Dictionary
The idle man is the Devil's cushion, on which he taketh his free ease: who, as he is uncapable of any good, so he is fitly disposed for all evil motions.
JOSEPH HALL
The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall
The disease of laziness is somewhat like the smallpox. Both diseases start on a weak backbone and manifest themselves very visibly on the person; but if they go in on you, they are ofttimes fatal. There is one encouraging feature about these diseases -- both can be vaccinated against. There is a little difference, however, in the formula of the vaccine used. For smallpox you inject into the blood a vaccine-lymph made from cowpox. For laziness you inject a compound of equal parts backbone, sand, and gunpowder.
HEBER Q. HALE
"Laziness", The Improvement Era
A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself to second-hand thoughts and second-rate friends.
CYRIL CONNOLLY
The Unquiet Grave
A lazy man would have every day a holiday.
AHMED VESIK
attributed, Day's Collacon
One might imagine the lazy man as bogged down, trammeled by lethargy (as depicted in the critical view of moralistic discourse). But the one I celebrate, on the contrary, is a levitationist. He is buoyed up by the air; his genius unfolds in the fluid element.
PIERRE SAINT-AMAND
The Pursuit of Laziness: An Idle Interpretation of the Enlightenment
It is better to be idle than employed in ill.
NORMAN MACDONALD
Maxims and Moral Reflections
Deep down I'm a lazy person in a constantly moving body.
EVA LARUE
"My Beauty Secrets", Beauty Interviews
He who knows how to loaf is wiser than three sages.
ABRAHAM MILLER
Unmoral Maxims
I don't think necessity is the mother of invention -- invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.
AGATHA CHRISTIE
An Autobiography
Although laziness is common and a natural part of life, it has the potential to completely consume us.
CHANTALLE BLIKMAN
"5 Ways to Get Energized and Motivated When You Feel Lazy", Tiny Buddha
Don't yield to that alluring witch, laziness, or else be prepared to surrender all that you have won in your better moments.
HORACE
Satires
Laziness, in any form, takes advantage of gaps in your willpower. Much like overcoming an addiction, it only takes one day, one relapse to slip and wind up right back where you started. It's OK to fail, and you'll probably miss some days every once in a while, but get back on the horse. Remember, laziness is a habit, not a personality trait.
ERIC RAVENSCRAFT
"How to Overcome Your Own Laziness", Lifehacker, December 30, 2016
I think my laziness is actually good for the lawn.
TOM ATWELL
"The grass is not always greener. On our lawns, that is.", Portland Press Herald, March 27, 2016