Laziness(Related Subjects: Drinking, Sleep)

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble. Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976), An Autobiography, 1977 Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy. Edgar Bergen (1903 - 1978), (Charlie McCarthy) Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything. Floyd Dell Idleness and lack of occupation tend - nay are dragged - towards evil. Hippocrates (460 BC - 377 BC), Decorum Failure is not the only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others. Jules Renard (1864 - 1910) Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. Jules Renard (1864 - 1910) Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948) There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it. Mary Wilson Little That indolent but agreeable condition of doing nothing. Pliny the Younger (62 AD - 114 AD), Letters Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good. Soren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855) Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good. Thomas a Kempis (1380 - 1471) He that is busy is tempted by but one devil; he that is idle, by a legion. Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661), Gnomologia, 1732 Determine never to be idle...It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing. Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)