All Tom Hodgkinson Quotes
- Life has been reduced to a series of long periods of boredom in the office punctuated by high-octane "experiences" which you can rack up on… Been
- I count it as a certainty that in paradise, everyone naps. Certainty
- Guilt is also a way for us to express to others that we are a person of good conscience. 'I feel really guilty about getting… Actual
- Paradoxically, to be truly idle, you also have to be efficient. Efficient
- Beauty feeds us. Anarchy is beauty. We are against the grey people. We want to decorate, like those fantastic Indian lorries which are covered with… Anarchy
- The accusation 'unprofessional' means 'You did not behave like a machine today. Accusation
- We have become so obsessed by numbers and by bottom lines that beauty and truth has been knocked aside. Aside
- Being good to people is the only insurance policy you need. Good
- Guilt is also a way for us to express to others that we are a person of good conscience. Conscience
- When you go for a walk, take seeds with you, poppies, rainbow chard, rocket. Plant them among the weeds in patches of wasteland. See what… Among
- I've never understood activity holidays since we seem to have far too much activity in our daily lives as it is. Find a culture where… Activity
- One of the least arduous but most productive of gardening jobs, the magic of deadheading never fails to delight me. It was a revelation when… Arduous
- Laziness works. And the simple way to incorporate its health benefits into your life is simply to take a nap. Benefits
- There's nothing new about anti-work philosophy. History is dotted with individuals and groups who decided that laziness was next to godliness and work was a… Anti
- What is required as we travel towards full unemployment is not new legislation but a gradual change of mental attitude, a shift in values. As… Attitude
- All of our technology is completely unnecessary to a happy life. All
- Idleness allows you to turn a situation from boredom to pleasure. Allows
- The terrible thing about the Internet and Amazon is that they take the magic and happy chaos out of book shopping. The Internet might give… Amazon
- Am I the only person in the world who is shocked and amazed at the ongoing flattery of uebergeek Mark Zuckerberg? Amazed
- When the going gets tough, the tough take a nap. Gets Tough
- The reason laziness is rarely pushed as a lifestyle option is down to one simple reason: money. There are fortunes to be made out of… Active
- All poets are idlers, even if all idlers are not poets. All
- Although I played a lot of computer games in my 20s, now I have children of my own, I hate them with a passion. Children
- Beauty, pleasure, freedom and plenty of sleep: these are the hallmarks of a successful idler's break. Travel should not be hard work. Beauty
- Computers tend to separate us from each other - Mum's on the laptop, Dad's on the iPad, teenagers are on Facebook, toddlers are on the… Computer