“The men, her husband and sons, leave for the quarry at seven o'clock sharp and return at five. What do they imagine… — Carol Shields Copy Share Image
Indolence, languid as it is, often masters both passions and virtues. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Everybody was up to something, especially, of course, those who were up to nothing. — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
Once Fang took pep pills and they worked - the only time he ever ran to bed. — Phyllis Diller Copy Share Image
Your husband is lazy if when he leaves the house, he finds out which way the wind is blowing and goes that… — Phyllis Diller Copy Share Image
The soul, like the body, acquires vigor by the exercise of all its faculties. In the midst of the world, in overcoming… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
Censorship is the commonest social blasphemy because it is mostly concealed, built into us by indolence, self-interest and cowardice. — John Osborne Copy Share Image
I seldom try to probe the mystery of my sloth. I have squandered a gigantic fortune of work hours... seems likely that… — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
“ I was young at Myna, that first time. When had the change come? He had retreated to here, to Collegium, to… — Adrian Tchaikovsky Copy Share Image
the most dangerous temptations are not due to the active, sudden flames of desire, 'the lusts of the flesh,' but to the… — Sigrid Undset Copy Share Image
Alas! I do not believe that inspiration falls from heaven. think it rather the result of a profound indolence. — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
Patience and submission are very carefully to be distinguished from cowardice and indolence. We are not to repine, but we may lawfully… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
One of the great tragedies we witness almost daily is the tragedy of men of high aim and low achievement. Their motives… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow is too lazy to form an opinion. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
There is a temperate zone in the mind, between luxurious indolence and exacting work; and it is to this region, just between… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Moderation cannot have the credit of combatiug and subduing ambition, they are never found together. Moderation is the languor and indolence of… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The present generation, wearied by its chimerical efforts, relapses into complete indolence. Its condition is that of a man who has only… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Your husband is lazy if the directions on his medicine say, "A teaspoon before going to bed," and in one day he… — Phyllis Diller Copy Share Image
There is a certain indolence in us, a wish not to be disturbed, which tempts us to think that when things are… — A. J. Muste Copy Share Image
Definition of inertia: 'The vis insita, or innate force of matter, is a power of resisting by which every body, as much… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
