Sluggish Quotes

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Little by little, even with other cares, the slowly but surely working poison of the garden-mania begins to stir in my long-sluggish veins. — Henry James
As a heavy rainstorm freshens the water of a sluggish or stagnant stream and whips it into immediate action, so does the Pilates Methods purify… — Joseph Pilates
In the morning, when you are sluggish about getting up, let this thought be present: 'I am rising to a man's work.' — Marcus Aurelius
Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. — Winston Churchill
I feel differently immediately when I start to put weight on. I don't like that sluggish, blunted disposition that I have when that happens. — Mehmet Oz
Man is a luxury loving animal. Take away play, fancies, and luxuries, and you will turn man into a dull, sluggish creature, barely energetic enough… — Eric Hoffer
The overwhelming pressure of mediocrity, sluggish and indomitable as a glacier, will mitigate the most violent, and depress the most exalted revolution. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Plasticity loves new moulds because it can fill them, but for a man of sluggish mind and bad manners there is decidedly no place like… — George Santayana
All this piling up of one technology on top of another-railroad on steamboat, interstate highway on railroad, hydroelectric dam on watermill-had reduced the Mississippi from… — Jonathan Raban
If I'm playing in the morning, I'll get some carbs early: porridge with chopped banana. If I'm playing in the afternoon, I'll start with less… — Rory McIlroy
The lessons of great men and women are lost unless they reinforce upon our minds the highest demands which we make upon ourselves; they are… — Jane Addams
Sluggish idleness--the nurse of sin. — Edmund Spenser
Ford Motor Company's sluggish and piecemeal approach to its automotive responsibilities betrays motorists' safety. — Ralph Nader
I'm a sluggish character; I'm a bit slow. For some reason I find it hard to work quickly. — Jarvis Cocker
The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions. — John W. Gardner
I was never particularly wild, just very busy and often didn't think about what I was putting into my body. Today things are very different.… — Britt Ekland
There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten. — Samuel Johnson
I don't surf the net in general. I have someone do it for me instead, because I find it sluggish. — Brian May
The difficulty for Mr. Obama will be when the public sees where his decisions lead - higher inflation, higher interest rates, higher taxes, sluggish growth,… — Karl Rove
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of… — Walter Scott

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