History Quotes / BrilliantButLazy

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

-->'''Tony Heaton''', British sculptor and wheelchair user, whose sculptures were major decorations at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London

--> Tony Heaton, British sculptor and wheelchair user, whose sculptures were major decorations at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London

-> ''"I can't help but ponder the frightful headway we'd make if he put that sort of energy into his job."''

->'''Rick:''' Well, let me check my list of powers and weaknesses. Ability to do anything But only whenever I want Yeah, that sounds like a job for me.

-->-- ''Frieza'', ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''

-->-- ''ComicStrip/ {{Dilbert}}''

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', "Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender

->''I have never trained a single day in my life.''
-->--''Frieza'', ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''

-->--''Webcomic/ShotgunShuffle''

->''“I think that there is far too much work done in the world, that immense harm is caused by the belief that work is virtuous, and that what needs to be preached in modern industrial countries is quite different from what always has been preached.”''
-->--'''Bertrand Russell'''

->''"Never stand when you can sit, and never sit when you can lie down.”''
-->--'''Winston Churchill''' extolling the virtues of conservation of energy

-->--'''Creator/GoreVidal''', ''Palimpsest''

-->--''{{ComicStrip/Dilbert}}''

-> ''He’d felt under tremendous pressure since birth. He was as close to being an übermensch as the law allowed since the Genomic War’s end. There should have been no opportunity denied him, his life a limitless vista of potential. He’d been told this so many times growing up—and had so many times and in so many ways inevitably failed to fulfill his mother’s colossal hubristic expectations for him—that he now lived his life in an indeterminate state between self-reverence and self-loathing (the two faces of self-absorption being close kin). He believed himself a loser who should have been a king. Not that he’d ever really seriously wanted a throne, but he felt guilty for not wanting it. So now he just scribbled some poems and art, partied as damn hard as he could, and said fuck-all to his supposed unfulfilled potential. He was ashamed of all this, even though he figured it was exactly what Fensty liked about him.''

-> "If the art of the detective began and ended in reasoning from an arm-chair, [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter my brother]] would be the greatest criminal agent that ever lived. But he has no ambition and no energy. He will not even go out of his way to verify his own solution, and would rather be considered wrong than take the trouble to prove himself right."

-> ''"And it's true that I AM a genius, but... that doesn't mean I wanna work... I just want to live in a care-free and lazy manner, man. To begin with... Why am I the only one who's gotta work? There are more willing guys out there, no?"''

-> "A lot of work went into my education, a tiny bit of it even mine."

-->'''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_von_Hammerstein-Equord General Kurt vonHammerstein-Equord]]''', German general and ardent opponent of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, on assigning officers.

-> "I can never get used to the fact that most of the time it looks like you're doing nothing."

-->--''Frieza'', ''Anime/{{DragonBallSuper}}''

-->-- '''Integra''' (after hearing the latest of Alucard's 400+ elaborate death threats to the Pope), ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged''

-->-- '''Integra''' (after hearing the latest of Alucard's] 400+ elaborate death threats to the Pope), ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged''

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

-> ''"A lot of work went into my education, a tiny bit of it even mine."''

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

'''Dr. Octavius:''' [[TroperNamers He also tells me you're lazy]].

'''Dr. Octavius:''' [[TroperNamer He also tells me you're lazy]].

'''Dr. Octavius:''' He also tells me you're lazy.

-> "If the art of the detective began and ended in reasoning from an arm-chair, [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter my brother]] would be the greatest criminal agent that ever lived. But he has no ambition and no energy. He will not even go out of his way to verify his own solution, and would rather be considered wrong than take the trouble to prove himself right.

-->--''{{NewspaperComic/Dilbert}}''

-->--''{NewspaperComic/Dilbert'}'

-->--''NewspaperComic/Dilbert''

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

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