Being lazy Quote by John Backus Download Open image “Much of my work has come from being lazy.” — John Backus ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Being lazy Laziness Lazy Work
When I'm working, I get super lazy and I just do something that I'm familiar with. — Devon Windsor Copy Share Image
I always thought that I was lazy because I could never tell if I was working or not. I was making things, which doesn't… — Ari Marcopoulos Copy Share Image
Okay, I'm lazy. But being lazy is a talent. Sometimes it takes an awful lot of work. — M.C. Beaton Copy Share Image
Now I'm a pretty lazy person and am prepared to work quite hard in order to avoid work. — Martin Fowler Copy Share Image
I am lazy, but for some reason, I am so paranoid that I end up working hard. — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
There is a - deep down, underneath all the work I do, I think there's a laziness in me. — Roger Ailes Copy Share Image
You need the willingness to fail all the time. You have to generate many ideas and then you have to work very hard only… — John Backus Copy Share Image
They don't like thinking in medical school. They memorize - that's all they want you to do. You must not think. — John Backus Copy Share Image
Von Neumann languages do not have useful properties for reasoning about programs. Axiomatic and denotational semantics are precise tools for describing and understanding conventional… — John Backus Copy Share Image
Much of my work has come from being lazy. I didn't like writing programs, and so, when I was working on the IBM 701… — John Backus Copy Share Image
I, myself, have had many failures and I've learned that if you are not failing a lot, you are probably not being as creative… — John Backus Copy Share Image
There is no rush. If we think intelligently about what we can achieve with our time, we can be relaxed, even lazy. In fact,… — Richard Koch Copy Share Image
There is a difference between willing and forcing. Willing something simply means you are not being lazy. Forcing something means you are trying to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I suppose that there is no point wasting time being lazy, though of course indolence in a divine way, actually has its advantages. — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Gymnasts, lazy people, complainers and successful people have all practiced to be what they are good at. So if you keep practicing being lazy,… — Tsem Tulku Copy Share Image
The fun about being lazy is you don't give a damn even if someone's yelling at you to get up. — ShaisZ Copy Share Image
I'm afraid of being lazy and complacent. I'm afraid of taking myself too seriously. — Barbara Hershey Copy Share Image