Doing Nothing Quotes

335 quotes by 290 authors

They're reacting and that's wonderful. It's better than them sitting there doing nothing. I say make them react - do whatever's in your power to… — Alice Cooper
Being lazy does not mean that you do not create. In fact, lying around doing nothing is an important, nay crucial, part of the creative… — Tom Hodgkinson
In both word and deed, one of the greatest idlers of all time was John Lennon. In his songs we see repeated defences of simply… — Tom Hodgkinson
Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable. — Kin Hubbard
Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men. — Victor Hugo
Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation. — Aldous Huxley
To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring -… — Milan Kundera
I've seen guys sit the whole day doing nothing, and I hate it when people are unproductive. I don't like a guy who sits on… — Olga Kurylenko
Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves. — Horace Mann
I don't go out unless I'm working. My quality time is when I'm doing nothing. — Nas
Doing nothing is very hard to do... you never know when you're finished. — Leslie Nielsen
Somebody has to tell the E.P.A. that we don't need you monkeying around and fiddling around and getting in our business with every kind of… — Rick Perry
Doing nothing means unplugging from the compulsion to always keep ourselves busy, the habit of shielding ourselves from certain feelings, the tension of trying to… — Sharon Salzberg
I am so busy doing nothing... that the idea of doing anything - which as you know, always leads to something - cuts into the… — Jerry Seinfeld
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. — George Bernard Shaw
Generally speaking, everyone is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything. — Gertrude Stein
It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. — Gertrude Stein
I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of… — Barbra Streisand
In a region with a growing population, if you're doing nothing, you're losing ground. — Stewart Udall
I love travelling and going on wildlife safaris. I have an interest in astronomy. I like reading on current affairs, business and science. I love… — Viswanathan Anand

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