Quotes About Inaction

He felt as if he were a character in Henry James; he began to suspect he was to be that man to whom nothing whatsoever was to happen.

The House of Peers, throughout the war, did nothing in particular, and did it very well.

Inertia is a powerful force in human and political affairs.

When politicians send their thoughts and prayers with no action, we say, 'No more.'

Usually when I get nervous and don't know how to prepare for something, I just don't do anything at all, which is not necessarily the best idea.

I have no love for those who consider themselves 'good people' but stand idly by as the world crumbles around them. It's not enough to personally not do damage. If you're present as someone else destroys what's around you and you do nothing, you helped them.

Calvin Coolidge was one of the best presidents. Why? Because he did absolutely nothing.

Extinction isn't pretty, especially when you know it's coming and do nothing about it.

I'm a pretty good procrastinator.

For all the evils in the world, I think apathy is one of the most dangerous.

Not deciding is a decision. People don't realize that not making a decision is a decision in itself.

The Democrats in particular are do-nothing guys.

Our situation is intolerable, but what's worse is to sit here and do nothing.

Renee loved to do things. That was mysterious to me, since I was more comfortable talking about things and never doing them. She liked passion. She liked adventure. I cowered from passion and talked myself out of adventure.

Floggings will continue until apathy improves! (Apathy-improves?) How is one to be, more, apathetic!!

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is an enabler.

Never act until you have clearly answered the question: "What happens if I do nothing?"

Politics is action and all action is but a flaw in the perfection of inaction, which is peace, just as all being is but a flaw in the perfection of nonbeing. Which is God. For if God is perfection and the only perfection is in nonbeing, then God is nonbeing. Then God is nothing. Nothing can give no basis for the criticism of Thing in its thingness. Then where do you get anything to say? Then where do you get off?

Action always beats inaction.

So we stay with what is safe, and opportunities pass us by.

There seem to be no way he could stop anything that was happening, although it all felt wrong.

He had not stayed, but when he had gone, he hadn't fought, either. He had done nothing but ride twice over the same stretch of prairie, while death had come to both camps.

Mary was too scared to move. Laura was too scared to stand still.

Doing nothing," Inez said, "is a choice in its own way. When you do nothing, you still do something.