The poverty of the incapable, the distresses that come upon the imprudent, the starvation of the idle, and those shoulderings aside of… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
I can make going to the dry-cleaners last an entire day, and the dry cleaners might be 150 yards from my front… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Radicalism usually prospers in the gap between rising expectations and declining opportunities. This is especially true where the population is young, idle,… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
Sow seed--but let no tyrant reap; Find wealth--let no imposter heap; Weave robes--let not the idle wear; Forge arms--in your defence to… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
Who are the oppressors? The few: the King, the capitalist, and a handful of other overseers and superintendents. Who are the oppressed?… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Most of the time, feelings just seem to get in the way. They're a luxury for the idle, a bourgeois concept. Feelings… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
The romance of circumvention is one of the most destructive forces at work in our society. The American Idol freeway to greatness,… — Daniel Gillies Copy Share Image
I want to be as idle as I can, so that my soul may have time to grow. — Elizabeth von Arnim Copy Share Image
Idle and meaningless ... a form less solemn to me than the affirmation I would have reverently made. — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
“There are two types of patience. One is exercised in hard work and the other in idleness. Patience with hard work is… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I give the name violence to a boldness lying idle and enamored of danger. — Jean Genet Copy Share Image
Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred… — William Lyon Mackenzie King Copy Share Image
It had been held that the economic system, any capitalist system, found its equilibrium at full employment. Left to itself, it was… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
I don't know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down into the grass,… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
All of our days are numbered. We cannot afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
Whenever I produce my best work, it's always because I've spent time being idle. Something always emerges after nothing. — Will Self Copy Share Image
No matter how busy idle people are, they always find time for everything. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
Man is responsible not only for every deed, but also for every idle word and thought. — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
Always plenty to do. Cannot well be idle and believe will rather wear out than rust out. — Henry J. Heinz Copy Share Image
You should not have idle hands, you should always be working. All your life. — Ivan Bunin Copy Share Image
Therefore with idle hands and head I sit In late December before the fire's daze Punished by crimes of which I would… — Allen Tate Copy Share Image
