Always plenty to do. Cannot well be idle and believe will rather wear out than rust out. — Henry J. Heinz Copy Share Image
On the idle hill of summer, Sleepy with the flow of streams, — Alfred Edward Housman Copy Share Image
“What’s worst: to be idle while someone dies, or to be exiled and empty-handed?” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears. — Barbara Johnson Copy Share Image
Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The creative genius begins in the idle moment, dreaming up the impossible, and later making it come true. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Tea's proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Regret for time wasted can become a power for good in the time that remains, if we will only stop the waste… — Arthur Brisbane Copy Share Image
Those who are too idle to read, save for the purpose of amusement, may in these works acquire some acquaintance with history,… — Walter Scott 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
“Having faith does not mean you should be idle and expecting manna to fall from above. You must get up and do… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
How these curiosities would be quite forgott, did not such idle fellowes as I am putt them downe! — John Aubrey Copy Share Image
Among the idle rich, boredom is one of the most common causes of unhappiness. People who have difficulty in earning their living… — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor. To contemplate is to toil, to think… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think that idlers seem to be a special class for whom nothing can be planned, plead as one will with… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
The new shopping malls make possible the synthesis of all consumer activities, not least of which are shopping, flirting with objects, idle… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation... A book is… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“For a well-made cup of coffee is the proper beginning to an idle day. Its aroma is beguiling, its taste is sweet;… — Anthony Capella Copy Share Image
In the downhill of life, when I find I'm declining, May my lot no less fortunate be Than a snug elbow-chair can… — John Churton Collins Copy Share Image
You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Man preys on man; and you mourn for the idle tapestry that decorated a gothic pillar, and the dronish bell that summoned… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
No "natural" resource is more precious and to be used more wisely than time. These mortal moments matter more than we know.… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I paused for a light at Hamilton and TWlfth and noticed the Nissan was running rough at idle. Two blocks later it… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
If patriotism is good, then Christianity, which gives peace, is an idle dream, and the sooner this teaching is eradicated, the better.… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Stories ought not to be just little bits of fantasy that are used to wile away an idle hour; from the beginning… — Joan Aiken Copy Share Image
There are those to whom a sense of religion has come in storm and tempest; there are those whom it has summoned… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
To the extent that sacrifices need to be made, shouldn't the people who've made out like bandits this past generation be first… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
It is clear that the future of freedom and peace depend on the actions of America. This nation is freedom's home. We… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
