"Johnson as a seventeen-year-old, decades before his own career as a writer, met [[Winston Churchill|Churchill]] on the street and shouted to him, “**Sir, to what do you attribute your success in life?” Immediately, Churchill replied, “Conservation of energy. Never stand up when you can sit down, and never sit down when you can lie down.**”" ([Location 1825](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07QY3CZ9L&location=1825)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[resting]] **Source** -- [[202409180133 - B - Stillness is the Key]]