#Laziness Quotes

“I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion.”

“Whenever I feel the need to take some exercise I lie down until the feeling goes away.”

“Every man is as lazy as he dares to be.”

“There is no such thing as a lazy person; he is either sick or uninspired.”

“It always looks so easy to solve problems by taking the line of least resistance.”

“Strength is a facade for the proud, weakness is a mask for the lazy.”

“Lethargy, bordering on sloth should remain the cornerstone of an investment style.”

“Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow is too lazy to form an opinion.”

“Nothing is more dangerous than discontinued labor; it is habit lost. A habit easy to abandon, difficult to resume.”

“Idleness is a mother. She has a son, robbery, and a daughter, hunger.”

“The laziest man I ever met put popcorn in his pancakes so they would turn over by themselves.”

“Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.”

“I'm so lazy I've got a smoke alarm with a snooze button.”

“The worst day in a man's life is when he sits down and begins thinking about how he can get something for nothing.”

“The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and physical energies to the problem at hand - without growing weary. Because such thinking is often difficult, there seems to be no limit to which some people will go to avoid the effort and labor that is associated with it.”

“The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.”

“It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.”

“Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.”

“It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?”

“There is no limit to which a man will not go to avoid thinking.”

“We know how often in our lives through laziness and cowardice we give up the battle and try to hypnotise our minds into the belief that we are brave.”

“There seems to be no limit to which some men will go to avoid the labor of thinking. Thinking is hard work.”

“It is remarkable to what lengths people will go to avoid thought.”

“Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous or when they are most luxurious-they are conservatives after dinner.”

“They are not only idle who do nothing, but they are idle also who might be better employed.”

“I have never taken any exercise, except sleeping and resting, and I never intend to take any. Exercise is loathsome. And it cannot be any benefit when you are tired; and I was always tired.”

“Never put off till tomorrow what you can do day after tomorrow just as well.”

“Hard work is amply the refuge of those who have nothing to do.”

“Work is the curse of the drinking classes.”

“I have a business appointment that I am anxious... to miss.”

“You gotta know when to be lazy. Done correctly, it's an art form that benefits everyone.”

“The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.”

“I often take exercise. Why only yesterday I had breakfast in bed.”

“The monster is never just there where we think he is. What is truly monstrous is our cowardice and sloth.”

“My idea of exercise is a good brisk sit.”

“Everybody knows how lazy he is. One day the neighbors saw Fang mow the lawn and I got three Get Well cards.”

“Housework can't kill you, but why take a chance?”

“I remember once a vocational director said to Fang, "You must develop some mechanical skills - like getting out of bed."”

“I'm eighteen years behind in my ironing.”

“I never put off till tomorrow what I can do the day after.”

“I'm eighteen years behind in my ironing. There's no use doing it now, it doesn't fit anybody I know.”

“I became a stand-up comedienne because I had a sit-down husband.”

“I should have suspected my husband was lazy. On our wedding day, his mother told me: "I'm not losing a son; I'm gaining a couch."”

“When he proposed he said, "We'll make such beautiful music together," but in this duet, his part seems to be all rests.”

“Everybody knows how much time Fang spends in bed. A local store that gives a 30 days' trial on mattresses gives Fang only 15 days.”

“I buried a lot of my ironing in the back yard.”

“My husband always felt that a marriage and career don't mix. That's why he's never worked.”

“For Fang, getting out of bed in the morning is a career move.”

“To exercise power costs effort and demands courage. That is why so many fail to assert rights to which they are perfectly entitled - because a right is a kind of power but they are too lazy or too cowardly to exercise it. The virtues which cloak these faults are called patience and forbearance.”

“From exertion come wisdom and purity; from sloth ignorance and sensuality.”