Disinclination Quotes

12 quotes by 10 authors

• Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to… — Douglas Adams
• The great charm of cats is their rampant egotism, their devil-may-care attitude toward responsibility, their disinclination to earn an honest dollar... — Robertson Davies
• I pay very little regard...to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set… — Jane Austen
• At day's first light have in readiness, against disinclination to leave your bed, the thought that "I am rising for the work of man." — Marcus Aurelius
• The general disinclination of Spain to accept slaves from Islamicized regions of Africa during the formative years of Hispano-American society had enormous consequences for the… — Ned Sublette
• Thought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is not infrequently an alibi for the disinclination to think or praise. — Eric Hoffer
• Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself. — George Meredith
• Viscosity and velocity are opposites, yet they can look the same. Viscosity causes the stillness of disinclination, velocity causes the stillness of fascination. An observer… — Susanna Kaysen
• I certainly must,' said she. 'This sensation of listlessness, weariness, stupidity, this disinclination to sit down and employ myself, this feeling of everything's being dull… — Jane Austen
• Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to… — Mahatma Gandhi
• There is no doubt that even the greatest musical geniuses have sometimes worked without inspiration. This guest (inspiration) does not always respond to the first… — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Insanity comes in two basic varieties: slow and fast... Viscosity and Velocity are opposites, yet they can look the same. Viscosity causes the stillness of… — Susanna Kaysen

Who Wrote These Disinclination Quotes

10 authors contributed a total of 12 Disinclination Quotes as follows:

• 2 Disinclination Quotes by Jane Austen
• 2 Disinclination Quotes by Susanna Kaysen
• 1 Disinclination Quote by Douglas Adams
• 1 Disinclination Quote by Robertson Davies
• 1 Disinclination Quote by Marcus Aurelius
• 1 Disinclination Quote by Ned Sublette
• 1 Disinclination Quote by Eric Hoffer
• 1 Disinclination Quote by George Meredith
• 1 Disinclination Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
• 1 Disinclination Quote by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky