Laziness Quote by Vikram Seth Download Open image “I need my natural laziness to be counteracted by obsession in order to do anything.” — Vikram Seth ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Laziness Natural Nature Needs Obsession Order
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I would say that I quite consciously rely on my obsessions in all my work, that I deliberately set up an obsessional frame of… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
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Realism hasn't fallen out of favor with most people, who are interested in people's lives rather than gymnastics of style or literary trends. It's… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
I don't think anyone should be banned. If you don't like a book, set it aside. — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
It's not the gods But our own hearts We need to fear. The evil starts Against all odds Not there but here. — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
“But what should I do?' Varun was saying. 'I'm not good for anything.' 'Write a book! Pull a rickshaw! Live! Don't make excuses,' said… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
“In a clear brook With joyful haste The whimsical trout Shot past me like an arrow I play the line of the song, I… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
I don't think people give Indian society enough credit. We may not like to talk much about things but we do, basically, want to… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
The problem with too beautiful a view is that it's alright for the mulling stage. But for the writing stage, you want to be… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
“Romantic retrospect aside, the night spent in the truck is distinctly unpleasant. We are cramped and cold. The much-vaunted heating of the truck is… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
Is it not love that knows how to make smooth things rough and rough things smooth? — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
“Well, what do you think? Avanti?" "Avanti," cries everyone, and, after a few quick re-tunings of our instruments, and re-initialisings of our hearts, we… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
Behind every door on every ordinary street, in every hut in every ordinary village in this middling planet of a trivial star, such riches… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness. — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
The unpreparedness of the educated classes, the lack of practical links between them and the mass of the people, their laziness, and, let it… — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
I think that laziness in many ways is the human condition, and that's what has led us to this place where, as we've developed… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
Some say work smarter, not harder, but the wisest are both. Whether you're more of a hard worker or a smart worker, if you're… — Colby Tatem Copy Share Image
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Don't yield to that alluring witch, laziness, or else be prepared to surrender all that you have won in your better moments. — Horace Copy Share Image
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The habit of taking the line of least resistance makes all rivers and some men crooked. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
A successful relationship requires a lot of work, unfortunately some people aren't always willing to put in the effort. — Rashida Rowe Copy Share Image
Some women just skip having babies or adopt because they don't want to get fat or they haven't put in the time to find… — Jaime Pressly Copy Share Image
The biggest trap, the biggest dungeon in life isn't laziness or bad luck, it's comfort. — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
