Edgar Bergen Quotes

I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.

It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

He that fears danger in time seldom feels it.

If you want to avoid all risks, soon you will have no risks to worry about.

Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore.

When I don't feel like working, I don't.

I suppose that there is no point wasting time being lazy, though of course indolence in a divine way, actually has its advantages.

I might have tried bungee jumping, until I saw that video of that guy whose cord came untied. He didn't know it 'till he hit the ground. Oh, he flew off that tower, hollering at his buddies. "Whoo, check me out, dudes! Oh, that ground is coming up..." WHAM! And what do you say, if you're the operator of that ride, to the next guy in line? "All right dude, you're up."

Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.

Nine-tenths of the miseries and vices of mankind proceed from idleness.

Everybody has noticed the way cats stop and loiter in a half-open door. Hasn't everyone said to a cat: For heavens sake why don't you come in? With opportunity half-open in front of them, there are men who have a similar tendency to remain undecided between two solutions, at the risk of being crushed by fate abruptly closing the opportunity. The overprudent, cats as they are, and because they are cats, sometimes run more danger than the bold

Delay always heeds danger.

The most dangerous thing you can do in life is play it safe.

As there are some faults that have been termed faults on the right side, so there are some errors that might be denominated errors on the safe side. Thus we seldom regret having been too mild, too cautious, or too humble; but we often repent having been too violent, too precipitate, or too proud.

Laziness begat wearisomeness, and this put men in quest of diversions, play and company, on which however it is a constant attendant; he who works hard, has enough to do with himself otherwise.

When safety is our priority, we live our lives being very, very careful, and we wind up having no lives

My ambition is handicapped by laziness

There is no cure for laziness but a large family helps.

Playing things too safe is the most popular way to fail.

Quit smoking, and observe posted speed limits. This will improve your odds of getting old enough to be wise.

The Book of Proverbs deals very hard blows against sluggards, and Christian ministers do well frequently to denounce the great sin of idleness, which is the mother of a huge family of sins.

I've never really been a workaholic.

Some temptations come to the industrious, but all temptations attack the idle

The devil finds work for idle hands.