Laziness Quote by William T. Vollmann Download Open image ““Such mental haziness is in order, given the delightful vagueness of the terrain.”” — William T. Vollmann ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Delightful Vagueness Haziness Haziness Order Laziness Mental Haziness Psychology Vagueness Terrain
“But as long as the task is both onerous and repetitive, I discovered, the mind is not only free to wander to more imaginative… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“Enrage against laziness of the brain. Occupy your mind continuously with the most luminous passions hidden within you.” — Klaudio Marashi Copy Share Image
“No matter how mundane some action might appear, keep at it long enough and it becomes a contemplative, even meditative act.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“It is almost laughable to ponder upon where it all started and nearly grim and shameful when we realise as humans that we are… — Santosh Kalwar Copy Share Image
“brilliance, tempered by laziness. Not one for unnecessary exercise, or any at all if it could be avoided,” — J. Jackson Bentley Copy Share Image
“Focus on the possibilities that await you, not of the emptiness that drives you to seek constant distraction.” — Sravani Saha Nakhro Copy Share Image
“...the world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willingly avoids the sight of distress.” — W Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“Scramble to reach higher ground. Order and sanity, something to comfort me.” — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
“I wanted to find out then and quickly whether I was a louse like everybody else or a man. Whether I can step over… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“There is not, perhaps, a more painful exercise of the mind than that of treading, with weary and impatient pace, the entire round of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Shake off the cloud of mere routine to find tranquil rustic joys and peace that serve to fuel audacious power and passion.” — Sravani Saha Nakhro Copy Share Image
“It was difficult to step the balance of being agreeable and cheerful while not being silly and careless.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Some friends and I, we went right up there behind the studio and we got on a train, we could tell it was going… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
I read and write for most of the day, but I do let myself be interrupted by real life. I enjoy going out with… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
“A treble clef, for example, resembles a Muscovite or Leningrader in a bulky hooded parka. A bass clef bends as simply and painfully as… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
Oh, ants, my sisters, good old honeydew-seekers! From close up you are sticky and shiny and gristly; and your nymphs have parasitic red mites… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
If I didn't feel that I was doing something or trying to do something for others, then I would have very little excuse for… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
Just for the hell of it, try to love someone as unlike you as possible. — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
“The shortest man, codenamed RIMSKY, said to me that freedom means understanding our place within the laws of history; we are more free when… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
“Do you want to know what happiness is? Happiness is the absence of unpleasant information.” — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
My father hates organized religion, probably because he hates the God who killed his little girl back in 1968. I find religions variously bemusing. — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
There's an Inuit myth about the origin of the human race. There were two brothers, and the younger brother eventually gets changed into a… — William T. Vollmann 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
“Some people are ants by nature; they have to work, even when it’s useless. Few people have a talent for constructive laziness.” — Robert A. Heinlein 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
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… — Wyndham Lewis Copy Share Image
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
The biggest part of painting perhaps is faith, and waiting receptively, content to go any way, not planning or forcing. The fear, though, is… — Emily Carr Copy Share Image
“Don't you dare take the lazy way. It's too easy to excuse yourself because of your ancestry.” — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
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
