My laziness is really profound. I’m really interested in where it comes from – it almost feels chemical. And we’ve all got ADD now, short attention span and all that. – Hugh Grant
The shrewd guess, the fertile hypothesis, the courageous leap to a tentative conclusion – these are the most valuable coins of the thinker at work. But in most schools guessing is heavily penalized and is associated somehow with laziness. – Jerome Bruner
Curiosity, rationalization, and laziness are no match against courage, self-control, and mental toughness. – John Bytheway
Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either grave cerebral inadequacy or terminal laziness, the latter being a much cherished aspect of academic freedom. – John Kenneth Galbraith
My whole comic persona is that of a guy who explores the id: I romanticize gluttony, I romanticize laziness, and people identify with that. – Jim Gaffigan
A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave. – Benjamin Franklin
I often make films about subjects I don’t really know much about. Maybe it’s laziness, but I don’t go in there having done a tonne of research; the research happens while I’m making the film. – Asif Kapadia
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
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
It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Most people think of Las Vegas, and they think of extravagance. But it’s really a mix between fantasy and laziness. – Gia Coppola
Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable. – Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
There seems to be such a laziness in – and I hate to use this phrase – the modern world. Everything is pumped out so quickly so that you can read it while passing by, like billboards or those flashcards before movie shows. – Chris Ware
I don’t even subscribe to writer’s block being a truthful thing. I’ve had writer’s laziness quite often. But I think it’s all about sitting down and facing down the blank page and doing it, and I’ve always been ok at that. – Martin McDonagh
Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it’s only kept a secret from the person who fails. – Robert Half
Golden opportunities are nothing to laziness, but industry makes the commonest chances golden. – Orison Swett Marden
When we hold back out of laziness, that is when we tie ourselves into knots of boredom. – Walter Annenberg
