Laziness

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

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

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

Work is the law of the modern world, which has no place for lazy people. – Mihai Eminescu, translated by Oana Platon

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

I slip from workaholic to bum real easy. – Matthew Broderick

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

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

An idle brain is the devils workshop. – English Proverb

A young man idle, an old man needy. – English Proverb

Towards evening the lazy person begins to get busy. – Proverb

It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. – Proverb