Idle Quotes

438 quotes by 328 authors

Paradoxically, to be truly idle, you also have to be efficient. — Tom Hodgkinson
I belong to an ancient, idle, wild, and useless tribe... I am a storyteller. — Isak Dinesen
A man can never be idle with safety and advantage until he has been so trained by work that he makes his freedom from times… — Hamilton Wright Mabie
There is never finality in the display terminal's screen, but an irresponsible whimsicality, as words, sentences, and paragraphs are negated at the touch of a… — Alexander Cockburn
Hunger is an altogether fit companion for the idle man. — Hesiod
There are three sorts of pleasures which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Finding pleasure in the discriminating study of ceremonies and music, finding… — Confucius
The vigorous man industriously striving for the improvement of his condition acts neither more nor less than the lethargic man who sluggishly takes things as… — Ludwig von Mises
Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together ... Speech is too often ... the act of quite stifling and suspending thought,… — Maurice Maeterlinck
Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life. — Alfred North Whitehead
O Lord and Master of my life, take from me the spirit of sloth, meddling, lust of power, and idle talk. But give rather the… — Ephrem the Syrian
In idle wishes, fools supinely stay. Be there a will and wisdom finds a way. — George Crabbe
If we are to reach real peace in this world and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have… — Mahatma Gandhi
A moment of happiness, you and I sitting on the verandah, apparently two, but one in soul, you and I. We feel the flowing water… — Unknown Author
Will you not covet such power as this, and seek such throne as this, and be no more housewives, but queens? There is no putting… — John Ruskin
If a brain is exercised properly, anyone can grow intelligence, at any age, and potentially by a lot. Or you can just let your brain… — Michael Merzenich
Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum.… — Mary Schmich
Woody is the guy who made me want to be a comic. I was in heaven and couldn't stop smiling because he was my idle… — Jon Lovitz
No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident, or the drunken sober. — Samuel Smiles
Anyone who refuses to marry is shrinking his farmwork, wasting the seed, and leaving idle the appropiate tools created by God; he sins against the… — Al-Ghazali
We cannot afford to be idle, and though weaker than our opponents in men and military equipments, must endeavor to harass, if we cannot destroy… — Robert E. Lee

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