Indolence Quotes

89 Indolence quotes by 74 unique authors

Indolence is the dry rot of even a good mind and a good character; the practical uselessness of both. It is the waste of what… — Tryon Edwards
The love of indolence is universal, or next to it. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Discourtesy does not spring merely from one bad quality, but from several--from foolish vanity, from ignorance of what is due to others, from indolence, from… — Jean de la Bruyere
There is a certain indolence in us, a wish not to be disturbed, which tempts us to think that when things are quiet, all is… — A J Muste
I've never been able to write poetry without having vast tracts of dead time. Poetry requires a certain kind of disciplined indolence that the world,… — Christian Wiman
The income tax is bad because it was conceived in class hatred, is an instrument of vengeance and plays right into the hands of the… — T. Coleman Andrews
I have not drawn a very rosy picture of the magician. I did not intend to do so. To the novice entering the life and… — Alexander Herrmann
The more I think about it, the more there is to be said for the sloth. He sleeps fifteen to eighteen hours a day and… — Erma Bombeck
A young boy shouldn't be given up for hopeless just because he's lazy, surly, and good for nothing. Don't be discouraged by those things -… — Gracie Allen
You can't imagine what a pleasure this complete laziness is to me: not a thought in my brain- you might send a ball rolling through… — Leo Tolstoy
I remember once a vocational director said to Fang, "You must develop some mechanical skills - like getting out of bed." — Phyllis Diller
Everybody knows how much time Fang spends in bed. A local store that gives a 30 days' trial on mattresses gives Fang only 15 days. — Phyllis Diller
Your husband is lazy if when he leaves the house, he finds out which way the wind is blowing and goes that direction. — Phyllis Diller
Your husband is lazy if the directions on his medicine say, "A teaspoon before going to bed," and in one day he uses seven bottles. — Phyllis Diller
Your husband is lazy if coffee doesn't keep him awake - even when it's hot and being spilled on him. — Phyllis Diller
When he proposed he said, "We'll make such beautiful music together," but in this duet, his part seems to be all rests. — Phyllis Diller
Everybody knows how lazy he is. One day the neighbors saw Fang mow the lawn and I got three Get Well cards. — Phyllis Diller
Once Fang took pep pills and they worked - the only time he ever ran to bed. — Phyllis Diller
Indolence is the sleep of the mind. — Luc de Clapiers
There is a temperate zone in the mind, between luxurious indolence and exacting work; and it is to this region, just between laziness and labor,… — Henry Ward Beecher

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