Doing Nothing Quotes

335 quotes by 290 authors

Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and the very magnitude… — Hannah Arendt
Very few species have survived unchanged. There's one called lingula, which is a little shellfish, a little brachiopod about the size of my fingernail, that… — David Attenborough
A man may well be condemned, not for doing something, but for doing nothing. — William Barclay
As state and federal lawmakers debate the country's energy policies and Colorado's role in the ever-expanding energy economy, let's hope they remember that unnecessary regulations… — Bob Beauprez
You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to you, to let… — Mortimer Adler
When a child is locked in the bathroom with water running and he says he's doing nothing but the dog is barking, call 911. — Erma Bombeck
Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill. — William Cowper
We all sorely complain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are either… — Seneca the Younger
Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing. — Denis Waitley
We have two companies of MARINES running all over this island and thousands of ARMY troops doing nothing! — John W. Vessey, Jr.
Doing nothing for others is the undoing of one's self. We must be purposely kind and generous, or we miss the best part of existence.… — Horace Mann
There is nothing in the world I wouldn't do for (Bob) Hope, and there is nothing he wouldn't do for me ... We spend our… — Bing Crosby
It does not seem to be true that work necessarily needs to be unpleasant. It may always have to be hard, or at least harder… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
When I work I relax; doing nothing or entertaining visitors makes me tired. — Pablo Picasso
Having precise ideas often leads to a man doing nothing. — Paul Valery
Some of us need to discover that we will not begin to live more fully until we have the courage to do and see and… — Thomas Merton
The teaching of the buddhas is: Find time and a place to remain unoccupied. That's what meditation is all about. Find at least one hour… — Rajneesh
Marijuana legalization's income may help fund education, prevention and treatment programs for harder drugs. What's clear is that the four-decade-old U.S.-backed war on drugs is… — Andres Oppenheimer
Easy come, easy go... "Achieve-everything-while-doing-nothing" schemes don't work, they are just not logical — Amos Bronson Alcott
When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief. — Henry Fielding

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