Quotes by Sloth It's a shame that creativity and sloth look exactly the same. Louise Penny creativity sloth looks The lazy are always wanting to do something. Luc de Clapiers lazy laziness sloth Gluttony and sloth, as worldly goals, were quietly usurped by avarice and lust, which, together with poetry (yes, poetry), consumed all my free time. Martin Amis sloth goal lust Are you sitting comfortably? Then get up. This is no time for sloth. Maureen Lipman get-up sloth sitting Change without continuity is chaos. Continuity without change is sloth-and very risky. Max De Pree chaos sloth change I always forget how important the empty days are, how important it may be sometimes not to expect to produce anything, even a few lines in a journal. A day when one has not pushed oneself to the limit seems a damaged damaging day, a sinful day. Not so! The most valuable thing one can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of a room. May Sarton sloth important light Sloth, not ill-will, makes me unjust. Mason Cooley ill-will sloth literature A Bradypus or Sloth am I, / I live a life of ease, / Contented not to do or die / But idle as I please. Michael Flanders indolence sloth ease Spiritual sloth, or acedia, was known as The Sin of the Middle Ages. It's the sin of my middle age, too. Mignon McLaughlin sloth spiritual age Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not to suffer. Niccolo Machiavelli sloth ambition mistake What is undeniable is that when comforts and convenience sap our energies and idealism, inactivity secretes sloth in to our minds like a poison in the blood. Os Guinness sloth mind blood Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves. Ovid sloth water moving It is a popular delusion that the government wastes vast amounts of money through inefficiency and sloth. Enormous effort and elaborate planning are required to waste this much money. P. J. O'Rourke effort government sloth Sloths move at the speed of congressional debate but with greater deliberation and less noise. P. J. O'Rourke sloth noise moving Jack, you've debauched my sloth. Patrick O'Brian drunk sloth Everybody knows how lazy he is. One day the neighbors saw Fang mow the lawn and I got three Get Well cards. Phyllis Diller get-well sloth funny When he proposed he said, "We'll make such beautiful music together," but in this duet, his part seems to be all rests. Phyllis Diller sloth beautiful funny Everybody knows how much time Fang spends in bed. A local store that gives a 30 days' trial on mattresses gives Fang only 15 days. Phyllis Diller sloth giving funny I remember once a vocational director said to Fang, "You must develop some mechanical skills - like getting out of bed." Phyllis Diller sloth skills funny Once Fang took pep pills and they worked - the only time he ever ran to bed. Phyllis Diller pills sloth funny «1234567»
