Doing Nothing Quotes

335 quotes by 290 authors

Enjoy doing nothing, and you can enjoy doing anything. Enjoy having nothing, and you can enjoy whatever you have. — Ralph Marston
I love working. I feel guilty about doing nothing; I get bored. — Nick Frost
We expect forty-year-olds to have grown up at some point, and to be engaged and adult and take responsibility, and doing nothing would seem to… — Noah Baumbach
If America chooses, we can develop our own energy resources and not be pressured into wars in the Middle East. Cheap energy will restore our… — Kathleen Troia McFarland
Doing nothing would stress me out. So I am still pretty much active practicing judo with my friends, who are former judo athletes, to maintain… — Joe Taslim
All mental hygiene is based on the core practice of doing nothing. Most of us are good at wasting time, staring at the wall while… — Martha Beck
If actors could actually make a living doing theater, that would be my first choice. Sitcoms are the closest thing to being onstage in front… — Enrico Colantoni
You cannot be in your offices every day doing nothing... and at the end of the day you expect to be paid. — Yahya Jammeh
Being silent and doing nothing is never the right answer. What happens in one state can happen in another. — Alan Wilson
If nothing is to be done in the given situation, he must invent plausible reasons for doing nothing; and if something must be done, he… — Charles Edward Merriam
These are international criminals, and the spineless Democrats are doing nothing about it. — Lawrence Ferlinghetti
There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do. — Jerome K. Jerome
The only risk we run is by doing nothing. — Brian Higgins
There are hazards in anything one does but there are greater hazards in doing nothing. — Shirley Williams
The ultimate fun is doing nothing. I like doing nothing with people I like - maybe just eating, hanging out and talking. — Heather Graham
Doing nothing and shrinking spending may save us public money in the short term but could cost us a great deal more over time as… — Lucy Powell
Why work when you can fill out a few forms and get paid for doing nothing? — Alan Sugar
Some government expenditure actually makes a profit. Our theatre leads the world. Loads of tourists must be attracted by the fact that you could spend… — Simon Hoggart
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing. — George Bernard Shaw
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've… — Margaret Thatcher

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