Laziness
Laziness (also called indolence) is a disinclination to activity or exertion despite having the ability to do so. It is often used as a pejorative; related terms for a person seen to be lazy include couch potato, slacker, and bludger.
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Famous quotes containing the word laziness:
“Six, or at most seven, hours’ sleep is, for a constancy, as much as you or anybody can want: more is only laziness and dozing, and is, I am persuaded, both unwholesome and stupefying.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty—while virtue gets all the credit.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“From passions grow opinions; intellectual laziness lets these harden into convictions.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)