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title: "8 Idly Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Idly quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Idly sayings and thoughts."
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> [“We learn as we go, not as we sit idly by and do nothing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-meyer/we-learn-as-we-go-not-as-we-sit-idly-by-and-do-nothing/)

[Joyce Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-meyer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/632/joyce-meyer-123_education_we-learn-as-we-go-not-as-we-sit-idly-by_762796.jpg)

> [Being idly hanging around, and that's not good for an actor to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-de-lancie/being-idly-hanging-around-and-that-s-not-good-for-an-actor-to-do/)

[John de Lancie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-de-lancie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f72/john-de-lancie-12021_actor_being-idly-hanging-around-and-that-s-not_850715.jpg)

> [To wait idly is the worst of conditions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-falcon-scott/to-wait-idly-is-the-worst-of-conditions/)

[Robert Falcon Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-falcon-scott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67b/robert-falcon-scott-19355_conditions_to-wait-idly-is-the-worst-of-conditions_1494090.jpg)

> [I love the ubiquitous idly-dosa combination. In fact, that was my pet name as a kid! In school, I would bug the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hansika-motwani/i-love-the-ubiquitous-idly-dosa-combination-in-fact-that-was-my-pet/)

[Hansika Motwani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hansika-motwani/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eae/hansika-motwani-10471_daily_i-love-the-ubiquitous-idly-dosa-combinat_1695155.jpg)

> [I don't want to close the door that if any of us were president of the United States that we would sit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-johnson/i-don-t-want-to-close-the-door-that-if-any-of-us-were-president-of/)

[Gary Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-johnson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cb/gary-johnson-3710_any_i-don-t-want-to-close-the-door-that-if-a_1903754.png)

> [We cannot sacrifice our safety to the murderous greed of drug cartels. We cannot stand idly by as drop houses, kidnappings and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-brewer/we-cannot-sacrifice-our-safety-to-the-murderous-greed-of-drug-cartels/)

[Jan Brewer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-brewer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9eb/jan-brewer-13842_cannot_we-cannot-sacrifice-our-safety-to-the-mu_2516701.jpg)

> [“She idly stroked his head in the way one might stroke a dog.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-haddon/she-idly-stroked-his-head-in-the-way-one-might-stroke-a-dog/)

[Mark Haddon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-haddon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f68/mark-haddon-1056_idly_she-idly-stroked-his-head-in-the-way-one_3079876.png)

> [I will not stand idly when anyone gets in the way of the national interest and tries to block the national vision.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-will-not-stand-idly-when-anyone-gets-in-the-way-of-the-national/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/571/anonymous-1_always_i-will-not-stand-idly-when-anyone-gets-i_3148626.jpg)

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