No degree of prosperity can be sufficient to eliminate all misfortune, and sloth is impervious to opportunity. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
At first glance, an alliance of anarchists and government might appear to be somewhat paradoxical. But the formal convergence in Oakland makes… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
Ask no guarantees, ask for no security, there never was such an animal. And if there was it would be related to… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
You victorious martyrs who endured torments gladly for the sake of God and Savior, you who have boldness of speech toward the… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
The seven deadly sins of the Christian Church are: greed, pride, envy, anger, gluttony, lust, and sloth. Satanism advocates indulging in each… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
Just as animal research tells us that gluttony and sloth are side effects of a drive to accumulate body fat, it also… — Gary Taubes Copy Share Image
Sloths have no real natural body odor, which helps hide and protect them from potential predators. As a result, their natural smell… — Ann Burton Copy Share Image
“Let me tell you that every man, whether he is born rich or poor, is obliged to do something in this world—to… — Carlo Collodi Copy Share Image
Think'st thou there is no tyranny but that Of blood and chains? The despotism of vice-- The weakness and the wickedness of… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
One who does not rouse themself when it is time to rise, who, though capable, is full of sloth, whose will and… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
I have named the destroyers of nations: comfort, plenty, and security - out of which grow a bored and slothful cynicism, in… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I write because I admire the act of rationalization, of seeking clarity in one's understanding of the complexities of life, and I'm… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
Sid [the character from 'Ice Age'] is a prehistoric sloth. Sloths move really slowly and they store food in the cheek pouches.… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
It is always a temptation to a rich and lazy nation, To puff and look important and to say:- 'Though we know… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
No one has become immortal by sloth; nor has any parent prayed that his children should live forever; but rather that they… — Sallust Copy Share Image
The supreme crime of the church to-day is that everywhere and in all its operations and influences it is on the side… — Upton Sinclair Copy Share Image
Sloths have low metabolisms, so they have to move slowly in order to conserve energy. However, they aren't aimless or "lazy" and… — Ann Burton Copy Share Image
See how the world (whose chaste and pregnant womb Of late conceiv'd, and brought forth nothing ill) Is now degenerated, and become… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
“Stop sleeping, Get to work! You will have much time to sleep when you die.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
From exertion come wisdom and purity; from sloth ignorance and sensuality. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Lethargy, bordering on sloth should remain the cornerstone of an investment style. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
And to the English court assemble now, From every region, apes of idleness! — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Weariness can snore upon the flint when resting sloth finds the down pillow hard. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Awake, awake, English nobility! Let not sloth dim your horrors new-begot. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I rather would entreat thy company; To see the wonders of the world abroad, Than, living dully sluggardized at home, Wear out… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Everybody knows how lazy he is. One day the neighbors saw Fang mow the lawn and I got three Get Well cards. — Phyllis Diller Copy Share Image
Satisfaction consists in the cutting off of the causes of the sin. Thus, fasting is the proper antidote to lust; prayer to… — Richard of Chichester Copy Share Image
It is a popular delusion that the government wastes vast amounts of money through inefficiency and sloth. Enormous effort and elaborate planning… — Anonymous 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
“Lesson 1: Don't trust anybody. Lesson 2: Be confident. Lesson 3: Nothing is ever what it seems. Lesson 4: When you're outgunned, stay quiet.” — Jack Heath Copy Share Image
No man is so methodical as a complete idler, and none so scrupulous in measuring out his time as he whose time… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
The West needs to relearn what the rest of the world has never forgotten - that there is nothing sinful in leisure… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
In twenty years' time I'll be eighty-three, just an old man with a stick moving like a sloth bear. While I'm alive,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
[The sea] is the healer and the reviver, it cleanses the cavities of self-disgust and melancholy, of sloth and negation with the… — Marya Mannes Copy Share Image
Pulp existed for 12 years before we got famous. Now, you could say that was just lack of imagination, but it's some… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
Flee laziness which while it produces an immediate delight, ends in the sorrow of repentance. And know that nature without exercise is… — Pietro Aretino Copy Share Image
![“Sid [the character from 'Ice Age'] is a prehistoric sloth. Sloths move really slowly and they store food in the cheek pouches. That's where I got the voice that you hear. He had to sound as though he was storing food.” quote by John Leguizamo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/48e/john-leguizamo-3025_cheeks_sid-the-character-from-ice-age-is-a-preh_727295.jpg)
![“[The sea] is the healer and the reviver, it cleanses the cavities of self-disgust and melancholy, of sloth and negation with the salt solution of life. It cures the lethargies of flesh and spirit with the slap and shake of elemental force. It cradles and comforts. Give it trust and it holds you…” quote by Marya Mannes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0c1/marya-mannes-6222_comfort_the-sea-is-the-healer-and-the-reviver-it_2686471.jpg)
