In each case you settle on an act. Doing nothing at all counts as an act. — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
“Not doing anything is doing something and choosing to look away is a passive but no less mortal sin.” — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
I knew exactly what I was doing: I was doing nothing. because I knew there was nothing to do. — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
It is awfully hard work doing nothing. However, I don't mind hard work where there is no definite object of any kind.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Get rid of the friends who want you to spend your whole day doing nothing with them. They're not your friends. They're… — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image
Sometimes, the hardest habit to break is the habit of doing nothing beyond the necessary. — Mira Grant Copy Share Image
Doing anything when you're bored is very very boring. Anyway, doing nothing is the point of being bored. The pleasure of being… — Aidan Chambers Copy Share Image
The problem with lethargy is that doing nothing validates the fear that nothing can be done. — Bill Crawford Copy Share Image
I like to spend Christmas with family and friends, pigging out, exchanging gifts and basically doing nothing. — George Kotsiopoulos Copy Share Image
So for every day that you're on this earth, for every minute that you have, the whole idea is doing nothing less… — Ryan Tedder Copy Share Image
Love women! I hate feminism. "Hate" may be an accurate word, but too strong to use. I strongly oppose feminism because it's… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The truth was that she had managed to betray everyone by doing nothing. No one in history had ever done less and… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
I was most happy when pen and paper were taken from me and I was forbidden from doing anything. I had no… — Daniil Kharms Copy Share Image
My heart's in stage. Making 'Quadrophenia' was exciting because we were riding around on scooters with no crash helmets. But 'hurry up… — Phil Daniels Copy Share Image
It is because artists do not practise, patrons do not patronize, crowds do not assemble to reverently worship the great work of… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The American people want jobs and economic growth. Congress is doing nothing to provide that. The American people want their constitutional liberties… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
He who eats in idleness that which he himself has not earned, steals it; and a capitalist whom the state pays for… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“...this evening it's too late, too late to get things right, I'll go to sleep, so that I may say, hear myself… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
The man who barely abstains from violating either the person, or the estate, or the reputation of his neighbours, has surely very… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Only those who do not expect anything are never disappointed. Only those who never try, never fail. Anyone who is currently achieving… — John Landis Mason Copy Share Image
It’s a risk I’m willing to take. This happens once in a lifetime. You meet someone and have this crazy reaction …… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Il bel far niente means 'the beauty of doing nothing'... [it] has always been a cherished Italian ideal. The beauty of doing… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I think about dying but I don't want to die. Not even close. In fact my problem is the complete opposite. I… — Matthew Healy Copy Share Image
Climate has always changed year on year and is unstoppable as a phenomenon. I am sceptical of the 'evidence' being presented as… — Brian Donohoe Copy Share Image
Sometimes an active policy is best advanced by doing nothing until the right time - or never. — James Baker Copy Share Image
Stop sitting there with your hands folded looking on, doing nothing; Get into action and live this full and glorious life. Now.… — Eileen Caddy Copy Share Image
Every pound of muscle burns approximately 50 calories every day, just doing nothing. — Jorge Cruise Copy Share Image
I'm also good at meditation. It involves doing nothing and everything at the same time. — Mike Oldfield Copy Share Image
We must act now to make sure fresh water is available to everyone, no matter where they live. The consequences of doing… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
We expect forty-year-olds to have grown up at some point, and to be engaged and adult and take responsibility, and doing nothing… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
There was a certain amount of discipline, I think; my parents wanted to be sure that I was not just sitting around… — Paul Smith Copy Share Image
We have two companies of MARINES running all over this island and thousands of ARMY troops doing nothing! — John W. Vessey, Jr Copy Share Image
In a region with a growing population, if you're doing nothing, you're losing ground. — Stewart Udall Copy Share Image
Work alone isn't enough for me and mine; we know how to break our backs, but the great dream Of my fathers… — Cesare Pavese Copy Share Image
There is nothing worse than doing nothing and saying nothing when your voice is needed, — Soledad O'Brien Copy Share Image
I am not good at aligning myself with any movement that comes along but also I don't like the thought of sitting… — Vashti Bunyan Copy Share Image
I am not advocating doing nothing. I am advocating for you to energetically, actively and vigilantly monitor how you are BEING. — Brenda Strong Copy Share Image
In order to do great things, you have to take on challenges in your life. Im doing nothing but taking on different… — Tracy McGrady Copy Share Image
Making no decision is a decision. To do nothing. And doing nothing always brings you to nowhere. — Robin Sharma Copy Share Image
Doing nothing is the most tiresome job in the world because you cannot quit and rest. — Ash Sweeney Copy Share Image
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