I like the word 'indolence'. It makes my laziness seem classy.

Life is supposed to be a series of peaks and valleys. The secret is to keep the valleys from becoming Grand Canyons.

There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.

A half-truth is usually less than half of that.

What a strange world this would be if we all had the same sense of humor.

Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.

Women have a favorite room, men a favorite chair.

There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.

If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.

I like the word 'indolence'. It makes my laziness seem classy.

The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring.

Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.

An extravagance is something that your spirit thinks is a necessity.

We grow a little every time we do not take advantage of somebody's weakness.

Few things are as democratic as a snowstorm.

People who say, 'Let the chips fall where they may,' usually figure they will not be hit by a chip.

Books had instant replay long before televised sports.

A friend is a lot of things, but a critic isn't.

We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.

A half truth is usually less than half of that.

No symphony orchestra ever played music like a two-year-old girl laughing with a puppy.

September tries its best to have us forget summer.

It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream.

Periods of wholesome laziness, after days of energetic effort, will wonderfully tone up the mind and body.

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

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

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.

I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.

It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.

The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.

All of the biggest technological inventions created by man - the airplane, the automobile, the computer - says little about his intelligence, but speaks volumes about his laziness.

When we hold back out of laziness, that is when we tie ourselves into knots of boredom.

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.

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.

In reality, everyone is good in bed. Close eyes. Shutdown brain. Pause as necessary. Restart brain. Open eyes. What's there to not be good at? Bed is the one place where laziness is rewarded.

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!

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

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.

I like the word 'indolence'. It makes my laziness seem classy.

Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree.

Luck is always the last refuge of laziness and incompetence.

I never work just to work. It's some combination of laziness and self-respect.

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.

For example, I was discussing the use of email and how impersonal it can be, how people will now email someone across the room rather than go and talk to them. But I don't think this is laziness, I think it is a conscious decision people are making to save time.