My hope is that flexible working and varying shift patterns will give workers a taste for idling and that they will gradually… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Part of this individualism is you feel this pressure that you alone have to conquer the world, and if you don't work… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
We have an idea that if something we're doing isn't actually earning money, or spending it, then it's completely worthless. But if… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
As the son of a feminist mother, I grew up with the idea that work was a sort of salvation for women… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
When walking, you see things that you miss in a motor car or on the train. You give your mind space to… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
The terrible thing about the Internet and Amazon is that they take the magic and happy chaos out of book shopping. The… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Idleness for me is not a giving up on life but a spirited grabbing hold of it. — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Being lazy does not mean that you do not create. In fact, lying around doing nothing is an important, nay crucial, part… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
In a world where you are constantly asked to be 'committed,' it is liberating to give yourself the license to be a… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
By taking out a loan, I am committing myself to years of interest repayments, and therefore to years of wage slavery. And the UK… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Writing a book is a brilliant thing because once you've finished it, you've done it, and there's the potential for it to go on… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Truly, the bench is a boon to idlers. Whoever first came up with the idea is a genius: free public resting places where you… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Beauty, pleasure, freedom and plenty of sleep: these are the hallmarks of a successful idler's break. Travel should not be hard work. — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
These days we seem more bound to our bosses than ever before. We even identify our own selves with the jobs we do: 'What… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
The way to stop feeling guilty is to read stuff - I'm not saying my book, but works by Bertrand Russell or Oscar Wilde,… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
The idea of a government is to create an ordered, willing work force where there's no trouble. I think idlers are generally seen as… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
When stuck years ago in a job I hated, my only friend was the public bench. As the tedious mornings dragged on, how I… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Pain will never leave us. Instead of putting energy into destroying pain, we need to put energy into creating pleasure. — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Sensible people advise against drinking on an empty stomach, but to my mind it is the best sort of drinking. — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
