History Quotes / BrilliantButLazy

->''"If only you'd put your mind to something useful. You're like LexLuthor!"''

->'''Norman Osborn''': Bit of a slob, isn't he?\\
'''Aunt May''': All brilliant men are.
-->-- ''Film/SpiderMan''

->''"If only you'd [[BrilliantButLazy put your mind to something useful]]. You're like LexLuthor!"''

-->- '''Paul Niedermeyer''', [[http://www.curbsideclassic.com/curbside-classics-asian/curbside-classicautobiography-1972-toyota-corona-coupe-fortieth-high-school-reunion/ CurbsideClassic.com]]

->''"We were told to expect four hours of homework per night. I took that as a personal challenge, to see how long I would last without ever doing any. Two years; last I heard, no one had broken my record. A true personal best."''
-->- '''Paul Niedermeyer''', [[http://www.curbsideclassic.com/curbside-classics-asian/curbside-classicautobiography-1972-toyota-corona-coupe-fortieth-high-school-reunion/ CurbsideClassic.com]]

->''He forgot the mute inglorious Miltons who die voiceless and inarticulate for want of that dogged perseverance, that blind courage, which the poet must possess before he can find a publisher; he forgot the Cromwells, who see a noble vessel -- political economy -- floundering upon a sea of confusion, and going down in a tempest of noisy bewilderment, and who yet are powerless to get at the helm, forbidden even to send out a life-boat to the sinking ship. Surely it is a mistake to judge of what a man can do by that which he has done.''

-->-- '''Integra''' (after hearing the latest of [[{{Badass}} Alucard's]] 400+ elaborate death threats to the Pope), ''HellsingAbridged''

->'''Norman Osborn''': Bit of a slob, isn't he?
->'''Aunt May''': All brilliant men are.

->''"Parker... Now I remember you. You're Dr. Connors' student. He tells me you're brilliant. (beat) He also tells me you're lazy."''
-->-- '''Dr. Otto Octavius''', ''Film/SpiderMan2''

->''"We were told to expect four hours of homework per night. I took that as a personal challenge, to see how long I would last without ever doing any. Two years; last I heard, no one had broken my record. A true personal best."''
-->- '''Paul Niedermeyer''', [[http://www.curbsideclassic.com/curbside-classics-asian/curbside-classicautobiography-1972-toyota-corona-coupe-fortieth-high-school-reunion/ CurbsideClassic.com]]

->''"Parker... Now I remember you. You're Dr. Connors' student. He tells me you're brilliant. (beat) He also tells me you're lazy."''
-->-- '''Dr. Otto Octavius'''

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-->-- ''Film/SpiderMan''

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->''Progress doesn't come from early risers — progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.''
-->-- '''Creator/RobertAHeinlein'''

->Progress doesn't come from early risers — progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.
-->--'''Robert A. Heinlein'''

-->''Robert A. Heinlein''

->'''Dr. Otto Octavius''': ''"Parker... Now I remember you. You're Dr. Connors' student. He tells me you're brilliant. (beat) He also tells me you're lazy."''

-->''[[TheMeaningOfLiff The Deeper Meaning of Liff]]''

-->-- '''Integra''' (after hearing the latest of [[{{Badass}} Alucard's]] 400+ elaborate death threats to the Pope), HellsingAbridged

-> '''Integra''' (after hearing the latest of [[{{Badass}} Alucard's]] 400+ elaborate death threats to the Pope): I can't help but ponder the frightful headway we'd make if he put that sort of energy into his job.
-->-- HellsingAbridged

''Integra'' (after hearing the latest of [[{{Badass}} Alucard's]] 400+ elaborate death threats to the Pope): I can't help but ponder the frightful headway we'd make if he put that sort of energy into his job.
--> HellsingAbridged

-->''[[DouglasAdams The Deeper Meaning of Liff]]''

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