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Laziness Quotes - Page 2

Luck is always the last refuge of laziness and incompetence.

James Cash Penney, Robert Walter Bruère (1931). “J.C. Penney: the Man with a Thousand Partners: An Autobiography of J.C. Penney”

The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.

Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.166, Wordsworth Editions

Faith strikes me as intellectual laziness.

Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, p.179, Penguin

Buzyness, however, is moral laziness because it involves refusing to live with courage and intentionality.

Dan B. Allender (2011). “Leading with a Limp: Take Full Advantage of Your Most Powerful Weakness”, p.129, WaterBrook

Working hard is great, being lazy sometimes is great, but failed potential is the worst.

"PROCESS: Tom Gilroy and Campbell Scott on Acting, Directing and Details, Part II" by Tom Gilroy, www.indiewire.com. November 19, 2001.

I've never understood the cult of Hitchcock. Particularly the late American movies... Egotism and laziness. And they're all lit like television shows.

"Orson Welles' criticisms of fellow actors and directors found on lost tapes" by Dalya Alberge, www.theguardian.com. June 29, 2013.

Cut the bondage of all worldly affections; go beyond laziness and all care as to what becomes of you.

Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3102, Manonmani Publishers

If you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a road

Henry Ward Beecher (1850). “Industry and idleness: with causes of dishonesty : to which are appended six warnings”, p.33