#laziness

Sometimes I do smart things. Sometimes I do dumb things. Most of the time I don't do anything. ↗

— Gorilla Rising Hintz

#laziness #humor

So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do. It also won’t do in your essays. ↗

— N.H. Kleinbaum

#laziness #morose #tired #very #women

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

#frightened #given #i #laziness #more

Nothing irritates me more than chronic laziness in others. Mind you, it's only mental sloth I object to. Physical sloth can be heavenly. ↗

— Elizabeth Hurley

#heavenly #i #irritates #laziness #me

Laziness has become the chief characteristic of journalism, displacing incompetence. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

#characteristic #chief #displacing #incompetence #journalism

My block was due to two overlapping factors: laziness and lack of discipline. ↗

— Mary Garden

#discipline #due #factors #lack #laziness

Hard work - I mean, does anybody use that term anymore? Laziness doesn't fly. It's all in the practice. It does take work and it ain't easy - but man, the rewards! ↗

— Susan Powter

#anymore #does #easy #fly #hard

I was most happy when pen and paper were taken from me and I was forbidden from doing anything. I had no anxiety about doing nothing by my own fault, my conscience was clear, and I was happy. This was when I was in prison. ↗

— Daniil Kharms

#prison #conscience

I've heard that hard work never killed anyone, but I say why take the chance? ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#laziness #sloth #work #humor

Procrastination is not Laziness", I tell him. "It is fear. Call it by its right name, and forgive yourself. ↗

— Julia Cameron

#fear #forgiveness #gtd #laziness #lazy