Posts Tagged “nothing to do”

A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing, but who, as a group, can meet and decide that nothing can be done.~ Fred A. Allen
Any time you got nothing to do–and lots of time to do it–come on up.~ Mae West
Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise. ~Alice Walker
I am a little deaf, a little blind, a little impotent, and on top of this are two or three abominable infirmities, but nothing destroys my hope. ~Voltaire
If the young knew and the old could, there is nothing that couldn’t be done.~ Traditional Proverb
I put a dollar in one of those change machines. Nothing changed. ~ George Carlin
It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little – do what you can. ~ Sydney Smith
It is the man who has done nothing that says nothing can be done.~ Author Unknown
It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing.~ Gertrude Stein
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It’s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it’s when you’ve had everything to do, and you’ve done it. ~ Lord Acton
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little. ~ Edmund Burke
Nothing can be done except little by little.~ Charles Baudelaire
Nothing can be done quickly and prudently at the same time.~ Publilius Syrus
Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.~ Helen Keller
Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts. ~Jean Cocteau
Nothing is interesting if you’re not interested. ~Helen MacInness
Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.~ James Matthew Barrie
Nothing is so embarrassing as watching someone do something that you said couldn’t be done.~ Sam Ewing
Pile up too many tomorrows and you’ll find that you’ve collected nothing but a bunch of empty yesterdays. ~ The Music Man
The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.~ Lloyd Jones
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.~ Mary Wilson Little
There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly. ~ Publius Terentius Afer
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.~ Elbert Hubbard
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not. ~Dr. Seuss
We can do nothing without prayer. ~ E.M. Bounds
When I work I relax; doing nothing or entertaining visitors makes me tired. ~ Pablo Picasso
When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.~ Author Unknown
With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.~ Samuel Butler