Doing Nothing Quotes - Page 16

• I would rather fail trying than succeed at doing nothing.

  Denis Waitley

  Trying, Succeed, Failing

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• Generally speaking anybody is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything.

  Gertrude Stein

  Interesting, Literature

  "The Letters of Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson: Composition as Conversation".

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• I object to being told that I am saving daylight when my reason tells me that I am doing nothing of the kind... At the back of the Daylight Saving scheme I detect the bony, blue-fingered hand of Puritanism, eager to push people into bed earlier, and get them up earlier, to make them healthy, wealthy and wise in spite of themselves.

  Robertson Davies

  Wise, Blue, Hands

  "The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks". Book by Robertson Davies, 1947.

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• I was most happy when pen and paper were taken from me and I was forbidden from doing anything. I had no anxiety about doing nothing by my own fault, my conscience was clear, and I was happy. This was when I was in prison.

  Daniil Kharms

  Taken, Anxiety, Paper

  Daniil Kharms (2007). “Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writing of Daniil Kharms”, Overlook Press

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• If you have a 2 or 3 year old who is not talking, you must start an early intervention program. The worst thing you can do with an autistic 3 year old is to do nothing.

  Temple Grandin

  Motivational, Change, Positive

  "The Most Inspiring Bits of Temple Grandin’s Reddit AMA" by Emily Shire, www.thedailybeast.com. November 17, 2014.

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• We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end to them.

  Seneca the Younger

  Life, Motivational, Procrastination

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• The worst thing you can do is nothing.

  Terry Pratchett

  Motivational, Change, Positive

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• To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace.

  Milan Kundera

  Letting Go, Dog, Stress

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The real risk is doing nothing.

  Denis Waitley

  Motivational, Real, Entrepreneur

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