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Perhaps man is the only being that can properly be called idle. — Samuel Johnson
My whole comic persona is that of a guy who explores the id: I romanticize gluttony, I romanticize laziness, and people identify with that. — Jim Gaffigan
A chronic lack of pleasure, of any enjoyable, rewarding or stimulating experiences, produces a slow, gradual, day-by-day erosion of man's emotional vitality, which he may… — Ayn Rand
The present generation, wearied by its chimerical efforts, relapses into complete indolence. Its condition is that of a man who has only fallen asleep towards… — Soren Kierkegaard
When an artist is in the strict sense working, he of course takes into account the existing tastes, interests and capacity of his audience. These… — C.S. Lewis
Death will be so quick to swoop on you; Gather merit till that moment comes! Wait till then to banish laziness? Then there'll be no… — Shantideva
There is a trend today that would put a new robe on the prodigal son while he is still feeding hogs. Some would put the… — Vance Havner
That destructive siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided. — Horace
It is never a good practice to continue to sleep after sunrise. We should not think of staying in bed once we are awake; it… — Mata Amritanandamayi
The only menace is inertia. — Saint-John Perse
Go to the ant, thou sluggard, learn to live, and by her busy ways, reform thy own. — Elizabeth Smart
You've got to make haste while it's still light of day. My godmother used to say, I don't want to rust out, I just want… — Ben Vereen
I just would never go audition, and yet I was in very visible places where people would come looking for actors. I say I'm lazy,… — Ellen Barkin
Idleness leads to relaxation, sooner or later bringing about ideological and material corruption, accompanied by lack of discipline, anarchy chaos and defeat. — Samora Machel
The idea of passing one's whole life in moral idleness, and having one's hardest work and duty done by another-whether God or man-is most revolting… — H. P. Blavatsky
Prostration is our natural position. A worm-like movement from a spot of sunlight to a spot of shade, and back, is the type of movement… — Wyndham Lewis
As I have gotten older, I've discovered the joys of being lazy. — Julie Bowen
There is a - deep down, underneath all the work I do, I think there's a laziness in me. — Roger Ailes
There should be a law that there's a pajama day every few weeks. — Alyson Hannigan
Which is the most universal human characteristic: Fear or laziness? — Louis Mackey
The idea of African brotherhood is often just a cover-up for laziness. We must see what is achievable in our circumstances and evaluate all decisions.… — Benjamin Mkapa
If we're all led to believe that poverty is just a matter of laziness or stupidity or whatever other justifications we can come up with,… — Bob Torres
Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried. — Alyce Cornyn-Selby
Hard work pays off in the future but requires discomfort now. Laziness pays off now but guarantees discomfort in the future. — Hal Elrod
If you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a… — Henry Ward Beecher

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