Idle Quotes

438 quotes by 333 authors

There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats, For I am armed so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wind — William Shakespeare
Man is a transitory being, and his designs must partake of the imperfections of their author. To confer duration is not always in our power.… — Samuel Johnson
The slothful are always ready to engage in idle talk of what will be done tomorrow, and every day after. — John Lyly
Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult. — Samuel Johnson
No matter how much faculty of idle seeing a man has, the step from knowing to doing is rarely taken. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The study of geometry is a petty and idle exercise of the mind, if it is applied to no larger system than the starry one.… — Henry David Thoreau
It is idle to expect any great advancement in science from the superinducing and engrafting of new things upon old. We must begin anew from… — Francis Bacon
What does Reverence for Life say abut the relations between [humanity] and the animal world? Whenever I injury any kind of life I must be… — Albert Schweitzer
Worse than idle is compassion if it ends in tears and sighs. — William Wordsworth
Soup simmering, music of idle gossip, yammering kids, domestic chaos - long adjusted to this rolling scene, you show them your lofty calm. — Gottfried Keller
If it is impossible to judge merit and guilt in the field of natural science, then it is not possible in any field, and historical… — Justus von Liebig
I listen to a little Marina & The Diamonds. She has a song called 'Teen Idle' that I really like. — Lana Del Rey
Do not sit idle, for indeed death is seeking you — Hasan of Basra
People count with self-satisfaction the number of times they have recited the name of God on their prayer beads, but they keep no beads for… — Al-Ghazali
Young people ought not to be idle, it is very bad for them. — Margaret Thatcher
The game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind are to be acquired and strengthened by it,… — Benjamin Franklin
Man's home is nature; his purposes and aims are dependent for execution upon natural conditions. Separated from such conditions they become empty dreams and idle… — John Dewey
There are endless ways to amuse oneself and be idle, and most of them lie outside the woods. I assume that when a man goes… — Wendell Berry
Thanks be to God, since my leaving drinking of wine, I do find myself much better, and do mind my business better, and do spend… — Samuel Pepys
It had been held that the economic system, any capitalist system, found its equilibrium at full employment. Left to itself, it was thus that it… — John Kenneth Galbraith

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