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title: "4 Lazy Quotes By William Faulkner"
description: "4 Lazy quotes by William Faulkner. Plus more from William Faulkner and more Lazy sayings from other authors."
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> [I notice how it takes a lazy man, a man that hates moving, to get set on moving once he does get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/i-notice-how-it-takes-a-lazy-man-a-man-that-hates-moving-to-get-set/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbc/william-faulkner-306_be-kind_i-notice-how-it-takes-a-lazy-man-a-man-t_112752.jpg)

> [“I notice how it takes a lazy man, a man that hates moving, to get set on moving once he does get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/i-notice-how-it-takes-a-lazy-man-a-man-that-hates-moving-to-get-set-2/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b03/william-faulkner-306_lazy_i-notice-how-it-takes-a-lazy-man-a-man-t_1092182.png)

> [A hack writer who would have been considered fourth rate in Europe, who tried out a few of the old proven 'sure-fire'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/a-hack-writer-who-would-have-been-considered-fourth-rate-in-europe/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/154/william-faulkner-306_color_a-hack-writer-who-would-have-been-consid_1400186.png)

> [“I reckon that being good is about the easiest thing in the world for a lazy man.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/i-reckon-that-being-good-is-about-the-easiest-thing-in-the-world-for/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/287/william-faulkner-306_easiest-thing_i-reckon-that-being-good-is-about-the-ea_1900163.png)

## Other authors on Lazy

## More by William Faulkner

> [“The river itself is not a hundred yards across, and pa and Vernon and Vardaman and Dewey Dell are the only things in sight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/the-river-itself-is-not-a-hundred-yards-across-and-pa-and-vernon-and/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

> [The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/the-quality-an-artist-must-have-is-objectivity-in-judging-his-work/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

> [“Luster returned, wearing a stiff new straw hat with a colored band and carrying a cloth cap. The hat seemed to isolate Luster's skull,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/luster-returned-wearing-a-stiff-new-straw-hat-with-a-colored-band-and/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

> [It is easy enough to say that man is immortal simply because he will endure: that when the last ding-dong of doom has clanged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/it-is-easy-enough-to-say-that-man-is-immortal-simply-because-he-will/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

> [“What matters is at the end of life, when you're about to pass into oblivion, that you've at least scratched 'Kilroy was here,' on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/what-matters-is-at-the-end-of-life-when-you-re-about-to-pass-into/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

> [I've got to feel the pencil and see the words at the end of the pencil,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/i-ve-got-to-feel-the-pencil-and-see-the-words-at-the-end-of-the-pencil/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

> [And sure enough, even waiting will end...if you can just wait long enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/and-sure-enough-even-waiting-will-end-if-you-can-just-wait-long-enough/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

> [“I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/i-believe-that-man-will-not-merely-endure-he-will-prevail-he-is/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

> [Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/never-be-afraid-to-raise-your-voice-for-honesty-and-truth-and/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

> [To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/to-understand-the-world-you-must-first-understand-a-place-like/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

> [“What modren ideas?” pap said. “I didn’t know there was but one idea about work—until it is done, it ain’t done, and when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/what-modren-ideas-pap-said-i-didn-t-know-there-was-but-one-idea-about/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

> [“It was only as he put his hand on the door that he became aware of complete silence beyond it, a silence which he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/it-was-only-as-he-put-his-hand-on-the-door-that-he-became-aware-of/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

> [“She has no mother because fatherblood hates with love and pride, but motherblood with hate loves and cohabits.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/she-has-no-mother-because-fatherblood-hates-with-love-and-pride-but/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

> [“Byron listened quietly, thinking to himself how people everywhere are about the same, but that it did seem that in a small town, where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/byron-listened-quietly-thinking-to-himself-how-people-everywhere-are/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

> [“It was too late. Maybe yesterday, while I was still a child, but not now. I knew too much, had seen too much, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/it-was-too-late-maybe-yesterday-while-i-was-still-a-child-but-not-now/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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