Sloth Quotes

149 quotes by 107 authors

Diligence overcomes difficulties; sloth makes them. — Benjamin Franklin
You are not an agnostic.....You are just a fat slob who is too lazy to go to Mass. — Conor Cruise O'Brien
There is always the option of being emotionally lazy, that is, of quoting. — Alain de Botton
Lethargy bordering on sloth remains the cornerstone of our investment style. The exception was Wells Fargo, a superbly-managed, high-return banking operation in which we increased… — Warren Buffett
Hereditary sloth instructs me. — William Shakespeare
Awake, awake, English nobility! Let not sloth dim your horrors new-begot. — William Shakespeare
These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor; This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome. — William Shakespeare
And to the English court assemble now, From every region, apes of idleness! — William Shakespeare
I rather would entreat thy company; To see the wonders of the world abroad, Than, living dully sluggardized at home, Wear out thy youth with… — William Shakespeare
My zoology thesis was a functional analysis of the thyroid gland of the three-toed sloth. I chose the sloth because its demeanour - calm, quiet… — Yann Martel
Sometimes I got my majors mixed up. A number of my fellow religious-studies students - muddled agnostics who didn't know which way was up, who… — Yann Martel
What do you want to avoid? Such an easy answer: sloth and unreliability. If you're unreliable it doesn't matter what your virtues are. You're going… — Charlie Munger
Lethargy, bordering on sloth should remain the cornerstone of an investment style. — Warren Buffett
There are times when one is tempted to say that the great, sprawling, lethargic sin of Sloth is the oldest and greatest of the sins… — Dorothy L. Sayers
The war has jerked us pretty sharply into consciousness about this slug-a-bed sin of Sloth, and perhaps we need not say too much about it.… — Dorothy L. Sayers
Pastors are highly susceptible to the sin of sloth. — Eugene H. Peterson
Sloth is most often evidenced in busyness ... in frantic running around, trying to be everything to everyone, and then having no time to listen… — Eugene H. Peterson
The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth. — Harrison Ford
Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves. — Ovid
I know how deeply slothful I am. — Joseph Epstein

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