Laziness Quotes

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. (Jules Renard)
Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction. View quote
Anne Frank
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. View quote
Agatha Christie
Idleness and laziness not only breed ignorance, but they are also the cause of illness. View quote
Avicenna
The reason laziness is rarely pushed as a lifestyle option is down to one simple reason: money. There are fortunes to be made out of active lifestyles. Gyms charge fees. But no one is going to make money out of sleep. It is free. View quote
Tom Hodgkinson
Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either grave cerebral inadequacy or terminal laziness, the latter being a much cherished aspect of academic freedom. View quote
John Kenneth Galbraith
The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris. View quote
Larry Wall
If you refuse to study anatomy, the arts of drawing and perspective, the mathematics of aesthetics, and the science of color, let me tell you that this is more a sign of laziness than of genius. View quote
Salvador Dalí
I never work just to work. It's some combination of laziness and self-respect. View quote
Harold Ramis
All of the biggest technological inventions created by man - the airplane, the automobile, the computer - says little about his intelligence, but speaks volumes about his laziness. View quote
Mark Kennedy
When we hold back out of laziness, that is when we tie ourselves into knots of boredom. (Walter Annenberg)
For all his understanding of worldly concerns, when it came to fathoming the deeper meaning of his own furious activity, Sir Bob displayed the sort of laziness for which he himself had no patience in others. He appeared to have only a passing interest in the overall purpose of his financial accumulation. View quote
Alain de Botton
I am not a complete idiot, but whether from weakness or laziness have no talent for thinking. I know only how to reflect: I am a mirror ... Logic does not exist for me. I float on the waves of art and life and never really know how to distinguish what belongs to the one or the other or what is common to both. Life unfolds for me like a theatre presenting a sequence of somewhat unreal sentiments; while the things of art are real to me and go straight to my heart. View quote
Sviatoslav Richter
Nobody can possibly be so hungry that they need to take a life in order to feel satisfied – they don't after all, take a human life, so why take the life of an animal? Both are conscious beings with the same determination to survive. It is habit, and laziness and nothing else. View quote
Morrissey
Children, by nature, are keen, passionate and curious. What was referred to as laziness is often merely an awakening of sensitivity, a psychological inability to submit to certain absurd duties, and a natural result of the distorted, unbalanced education given to them. This laziness, which leads to an insuperable reluctance to learn, is, contrary to appearances, sometimes proof of intellectual superiority and a condemnation of the teacher. View quote
Octave Mirbeau
The idea of African brotherhood is often just a cover-up for laziness. We must see what is achievable in our circumstances and evaluate all decisions. In terms of regional economic integration, sentimentality is not enough. We really have to be frank and honest. View quote
Benjamin Mkapa
Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. View quote
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him. View quote
Benjamin Franklin
There's an awful lot of inactive kindness which is nothing but laziness, not wanting any trouble, confusion, or effort. View quote
John Steinbeck
Being busy is a form of laziness - lazy thinking and indiscriminate action. View quote
Timothy Ferriss
Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish. (Miguel de Cervantes)
Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability. View quote
Sam Keen
My ambition is handicapped by my laziness. View quote
Charles Bukowski
I suppose it is out of laziness that the world is the same day after day. Today it seemed to want to change. And then anything, anything could happen. View quote
Jean-Paul Sartre
Nothing irritates me more than chronic laziness in others. Mind you, it's only mental sloth I object to. Physical sloth can be heavenly. View quote
Elizabeth Hurley