A Quote by James Ellis

The lazy man aims at nothing, and generally hits it.

James Ellis

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James Ellis
Actor
March 15, 1931 - March 8, 2014

To the lazy man the world appears bereft of all blessings; if poor, he has no friends; if rich, he has no ambition; he aims at nothing, and generally hits his mark.

James Ellis

The greatest risk to man is not that he aims to high and misses, but that he aims to low and hits.

Michelangelo

A lazy man's wife is generally the power behind the drone.

Evan Esar

There's just so much lazy violence directed at women. But beyond that, lazy violence directed at humans generally. Just lazy violence.

Karyn Kusama

What renders man an imaginative and moral being is that in society he gives new aims to his life which could not have existed in solitude : the aims of friendship , religion , science , and art .

George Santayana

The only time a lazy man ever succeeds is when he tries to do nothing.

Evan Esar

We have been told mankind will be judged on the intent of the heart. No mortal can see into the depth of another. There is only One who can. His is the role of a judge-not ours. If you are prone to criticize or judge, remember, we never see the target a man aims at in life. We see only what he hits.

H. Burke Peterson

Stealing is a lazy man's way. Something for nothing, leaves you hell to pay.

Michael Peterson

I'm just generally lazy.

Dave McCary

We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing

Thucydides

Anyone can practice. Young man can practice. Old man can practice. Very old man can practice. Man who is sick, he can practice. Man who doesn't have strength can practice. Except lazy people; lazy people can't practice Ashtanga yoga.

K. Pattabhi Jois

Mephistopheles, the machine man, can provide us with all the means, and is thus likely to determine the aims of life as well. But of course the characteristic of Faust, which makes him eligible to be saved, is that he seeks aims that are not those of the machine.

Joseph Campbell

I'm not a one-hit wonder as some suggest. I've had a couple of hits, but still, all of my hits were in the '70s. There was pretty much nothing in the '80s, '90s, or in the first full decade into the next millennium.

Todd Rundgren

Anarchism aims to strip labor of its deadening, dulling aspect, of its gloom and compulsion. It aims to make work an instrument of joy, of strength, of color, of real harmony, so that the poorest sort of a man should find in work both recreation and hope.