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Being Lazy Quotes

Quotes confronting laziness, discipline, and wasted chances.

A couple of these quotes come from actors reflecting on how certain kinds of work can breed laziness - one admits getting used to it while filming, only for classical theatre to demand real discipline again. That tension with Comfort runs through several quotes here.

You get used to being lazy doing films, but classical theatre's going to finish me off.

Quotes by Michael Gambon

We are to learn our duty from the Lord, and then we are to act in all diligence, never being lazy or slothful. The pattern is simple but not easy to follow. We are so easily distracted.

Quotes by Henry B. Eyring

If people have got an amazing opportunity such as on 'Dragons' Den' and they mess it up by being lazy with their presentation it does make me a bit cross.

Quotes by Deborah Meaden

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

Quotes by Campbell Scott

Comfort Quotes

I don't think about tennis 24/7. I enjoy time on the lake at my Florida home and just being lazy on the sofa.

Quotes by Andy Roddick

Whatever I am today is mostly because of my training at FTII. It taught me to be disciplined as an actor. People accuse us of being lazy and presume that we smoke up and laze about in the campus, which...

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Frequently Asked Questions

Do these quotes defend or criticize laziness?
Mostly criticize - even the quote admitting to getting lazy during film work frames it as something classical theatre would soon correct, not something to be proud of.
What does the FTII quote say about actors being called lazy?
It pushes back on the stereotype, arguing that training there actually instilled discipline, even though people assume actors laze about on campus.
What religious view on laziness appears here?
One quote frames avoiding laziness as a duty learned from the Lord, calling for diligence while acknowledging the pattern is simple to describe but hard to follow because people get easily distracted. See Guilt quotes for related reflections.
What does the "Dragons' Den" quote criticize?
It expresses frustration at people who get an amazing opportunity and then ruin it through an underprepared presentation, treating that waste as genuinely upsetting.
What's the connection between laziness and comfort in these quotes?
Several imply that laziness grows out of comfortable routines - film work versus theatre, campus life versus training - a link explored further on the Comfort page.

Others take a firmer stance, treating laziness as something to actively resist, whether through religious duty or frustration at a wasted opportunity. See Guilt and Procrastination quotes.