Doing nothing is very hard to do… you never know when you're finished.

—Leslie Nielsen

About Leslie Nielsen

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Leslie William Nielsen (February 11, 1926 – November 28, 2010) was a Canadian-American actor and comedian. With a career spanning 60 years, he appeared in more than 100 films and 150 television programs, portraying more than 220 characters.

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Who are you and how did you get in here?' 'I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.

—Leslie Nielsen

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To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring—it was peace.

—Milan Kundera

There is a well-worn adage that those who set out upon a great enterprise would do well to count the cost. I am not sure that this is always true. I think that some of the very greatest enterprises in this world have been carried out successfully simply because the people who undertook them did not count the cost; and I am much of the opinion that… the most instructive consideration for us is the cost of doing nothing.

—Thomas Henry Huxley

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There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.

—Peter Drucker

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There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

—R. Buckminster Fuller

We stood there, looking at each other, saying nothing. But it was the kind of nothing that meant everything.

—Jenny Han in It’s Not Summer Without You

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History

28 Mar 2016 Added
26 Oct 2026 Wording changed

Previous wording

Doing nothing is very hard to do ... you never know when you're finished.