Quotations about Laziness

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. ~Jules Renard


I like the word "indolence." It makes my laziness seem classy. ~Bern Williams


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. ~Mark Kennedy


Efficiency is intelligent laziness. ~David Dunham


People who throw kisses are mighty hopelessly lazy. ~Bob Hope


Tomorrow is the only day in the year that appeals to a lazy man. ~Jimmy Lyons


It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance? ~Ronald Reagan


What is right is often forgotten by what is convenient. ~Bodie Thoene, Warsaw Requiem


Laziness will cause you pain. ~Slogan on T-shirt worn at the Vee Arnis Jitsu School of Self-Defense


There is no cure for laziness but a large family helps. ~Herbert Prochnov


Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy. ~Charlie McCarthy


We have produced a world of contented bodies and discontented minds. ~Adam Clayton Powell, Keep the Faith, Baby!, 1967


The time will come when winter will ask you what you were doing all summer. ~Henry Clay


That destructive siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided. ~Horace


How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young? ~Paul Sweeney


The present generation, wearied by its chimerical efforts, relapses into complete indolence. Its condition is that of a man who has only fallen asleep towards morning: first of all come great dreams, then a feeling of laziness, and finally a witty or clever excuse for remaining in bed. ~Søren Kierkegaard


If Joan of Arc could turn the tide of an entire ware before her 18th birthday, you can get out of bed. ~E. Jean Carroll


It is easier to mend neglect than to quicken love. ~Saint Jerome


Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort. ~Charles Dickens


People that are organized are just too lazy to get up and look for it. ~Author Unknown


The modern sympathy with invalids is morbid. Illness of any kind is hardly a thing to encourage in others. ~Oscar Wilde


We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork. ~Milton Friedman