All Tom Hodgkinson Quotes
- These days we seem more bound to our bosses than ever before. We even identify our own selves with the jobs we do: 'What do… Ask
- Truly, the bench is a boon to idlers. Whoever first came up with the idea is a genius: free public resting places where you can… Bench
- We have to wonder whether digital technology, rather than making it easier to communicate, is actually doing the opposite. We now sit alone at a… Alone
- We think we have to work because the advertising industry has elevated wants into needs. The newspapers and the television batter us incessantly with the… Advertising
- When stuck years ago in a job I hated, my only friend was the public bench. As the tedious mornings dragged on, how I would… Able
- Working is bad enough in the winter, but in the summer it can become completely intolerable. Stuck in airless offices, every fibre of our being… Airless
- In a world where you are constantly asked to be 'committed,' it is liberating to give yourself the license to be a dilettante. Commit to… Asked
- ...[W]e should be mucking about all the time, because mucking about is enjoying life for its own sake, now, and not in preparation for an… Adult
- There is nothing so perfect as pinball and a pint at 11 a.m. Inspirational
- Sensible people advise against drinking on an empty stomach, but to my mind it is the best sort of drinking. Advise
- If Adam and Eve were not hunter-gatherers, then they were certainly gatherers. But, then, consumer desire, or self-embitterment, or the 'itch,' as Schopenhauer called it,… Adam
- Idleness for me is not a giving up on life but a spirited grabbing hold of it. Giving
- Labour-saving devices just make us try to cram more pointless activities into each day, rather than doing the important thing, which is to enjoy our… Activities
- A conclusion I’ve come to at the Idler is that it starts with retreating from work but it’s really about making work into something that… Become One
- The art of living is the art of bringing dreams and reality together. Art
- Our dreams take us into other worlds, alternative realities that help us make sense of day-to-day realities. Alternative
- Pain will never leave us. Instead of putting energy into destroying pain, we need to put energy into creating pleasure. Creating
- When people say " I just don't have enough time " they mean " I prioritized something else. Enough Time
- It will soon be difficult to put up a shelf without a degree in shelf putting up. Degree
- We bore ourselves in order to earn money that we'll later spend on trying to de-bore ourselves Bore