laziness - quotes

Agatha (Mary Clarissa) Christie, 1890-1976

was an English mystery author

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: An Autobiography”, 1977 )

Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790

was an US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, and printer

Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night, while laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.