Inaction, Passivity Quotes

And every minute that passed would feel like an hour. Waiting for somebody does that. It turns minutes to hours, hours to days, and days to several lifetimes.

— Hey, Willie, why are you always telling me what to do?
— It seems like if I don't tell you what to do, you don't do anything at all.

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Stranger Than Paradise

Willie

Eddie

I’m on a little boat. I’m going against the current of the river, downstream to upstream. If you want something more, you move forward with all your might. If you try to stop, you fall behind. Humans can never stop moving. If they do not yearn for something… Right! Nothing begins without action! You gain nothing if you do nothing! Satisfaction is stagnation! Stagnation is death! I want to know! See! Feel! Experience! Understand!

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Servamp

Johannes Mimir Faustus

Motion, Movement

He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.

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William Blake

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

Desires

For evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.

Regrets are not excuses for inaction.

Excuse, Justification

Meaningful Quotes

And why do haters separate us like we siamese?
Technology turning the planet into zombies
Everybody all in everybody's dirty laundry
Acid rain, earthquakes, hurricane, tsunamis
Terrorists, crime sprees, assaults and robberies
Cops yelling "stop freeze," shoot him before he try to leave
Air quality so foul, I gotta try to breathe
Endangered species, and we running out of trees
If I could hold the world in the palm of these hands
I would probably do away with these anomalies
Everybody checking for the new award nominees
Wars and atrocities, look at all the poverty

Actions speak louder than words do, it's pretty quiet, isn't it?

Homines nihil agendo discunt male agere

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Columella

We’re not gonna help Keller, but we’re not gonna stop him either.

Yo these words are only words until they actions
Words until they actions strive.

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Face it

Words

When there's nothing you can do, you have to accept that.

If you do nothing, you have their blood on your hands. If you save them, her hunger grows.

Better to die than to sit and watch the world die.

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The Outer Limits

They killing over colors in L. A.
In El Salvador, it's numbers essay
For the E. T. A bombs are the best way
Independence is a monstrous death game

They killing in Iraq for black gold
In Nigeria they killed stacks for black gold
They killing in Chad for black gold
But do the U. N. ever react to that

No, innocents killed in London subway
Mexicans kill trying to run the drug trade
Mumbai killings was random gun spray
Tell me your kids don't love the blood games.