The 10 Best Quotes That Praise Laziness

Here is a selection of the best 10 quotes that praise laziness. Spoiler alert: some of the quoted people got insanely rich.

“I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it”
Bill Gates

“Invention arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble”
Agatha Christie

Note: Did you know that many bestselling authors embraced laziness to find inspiration?

“To a lazy man, every day is a holiday“
Turkish proverb

“Progress isn’t made by early risers. It’s made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something”
Robert Heinlein

“Purrrrrrrrrrr”
Anonymous Cat

“Now I’m a pretty lazy person and am prepared to work quite hard in order to avoid work”
Martin Fowler

“Laziness is the first step towards efficiency”
Patrick Bennett

“You could say I was too lazy to calculate, so I invented the computer”
Konrad Zuse

Note: Without tools that make our lives and work easier, we would still be living in a cave. And make fire with stones instead of with a lighter.

“As I have gotten older, I have discovered the joys of being lazy”
Julie Bowen

“A lazy man works twice as hard”
Gary Oldman

What do these quotes actually say about laziness?

Nothing.

Everything.

As all quotes, they are taken out of their context.

Yet, they can be inspirational, funny, or provocative.

The above quotes have one thing in common: they highlight the different benefits of downtime:

But as with everything in life, laziness also has a dark side.