“Much of my work has come from being lazy. I didn't like writing programs, and so, when I was working on the IBM 701, writing programs for computing missile trajectories, I started work on a programming system to make it easier to write programs.”— John Backus
“Laziness has become the chief characteristic of journalism, displacing incompetence.”— Kingsley Amis
“Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds, and the holiday of fools.”— Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
“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.”— Agatha Christie
“The laziest man I ever met put popcorn in his pancakes so they would turn over by themselves.”— Don Herold
“Those who are too indolent to think for themselves, are glad to rely upon the industry of others.”— Elizabeth Carter