Idle Quotes

438 quotes by 328 authors

Ruin seize thee, ruthless king! Confusion on thy banners wait! Though fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state. — Thomas Gray
It is in vain to hope to guard against events too mighty for human foresight or precaution, and it would be idle to object to… — Alexander Hamilton
As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy. — Samuel Johnson
There is nothing worse than an idle hour, with no occupation offering. People who have many such hours are simply animals waiting docilely for death.… — H. L. Mencken
He rides in the row at ten o clock in the morning, goes to the Opera three times a week, changes his clothes at least… — Oscar Wilde
Adventurers tend to prance about the ladder of success, fearing less the sensation of a great fall than the humility of hanging idle. — Mike Caro
Once I knew that I wanted to be an artist, I had made myself into one. I did not understand that wanting doesn't always lead… — Judy Chicago
But there's not enough time in life to go sit at a party, have a drink, and make idle conversation. There's too many important things… — Pia Zadora
Our life is a faint tracing on the surface of mystery, like the idle, curved tunnels of leaf miners on the face of a leaf — Annie Dillard
It is clear that the future of freedom and peace depend on the actions of America. This nation is freedom's home, and freedom's defender. We… — George W. Bush
My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total, and I am not going to sit here and be an idle… — Barbara Jordan
The idle mind knows not what it wants. — Quintus Ennius
A subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship . . . . [H]is master works for the means wherewith… — Ambrose Bierce
Why should the wealth of the country be stored in banks and elevators while the idle workman wanders homeless about the streets and the idle… — Samuel Gompers
If history is deprived of the Truth, we are left with nothing but an idle, unprofitable tale. — Polybius
You should not have idle hands, you should always be working. All your life. — Ivan Bunin
Painters are not in any way unsociable through pride, but either because they find few pursuits equal to painting, or in order not to corrupt… — Michelangelo
Why should I tremble at the plough of my Lord, that maketh deep furrows on my soul? I know He is no idle husbandman, He… — Samuel Rutherford
God, I pray Thee, light these idle sticks of my life and may I burn for Thee. Consume my life, my God, for it is… — Jim Elliot
To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are… — Gautama Buddha

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