Idler Quotes

25 Idler quotes by 21 unique authors

O, once in each man's life, at least, Good luck knocks at his door; And wit to seize the flitting guest Need never hunger more.… — John L. Bates
No man is so methodical as a complete idler, and none so scrupulous in measuring out his time as he whose time is worth nothing. — Washington Irving
Industry has operated against the artisan in favor of the idler, and also in favor of capital and against labor. Any mechanical invention whatsoever has… — Remy de Gourmont
Too often in the past, we have thought of the artist as an idler and dilettante and of the lover of arts as somehow sissy… — John F. Kennedy
In the spiritual life it is not necessary to have a complete map of the path in order to begin traveling. On the contrary, having… — Meher Baba
For to articulate sweet sounds together Is to work harder than all these, and yet Be thought an idler by the noisy set Of bankers,… — William Butler Yeats
He had thrown himself away, he had lost interest in everything, and life, falling in with his feelings, had demanded nothing of him. He had… — Hermann Hesse
And they die an equal death — the idler and the man of mighty deeds. — Homer
A line will take us hours maybe; / Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, / Our stitching and unstitching has been naught...… — William Butler Yeats
Every man is, or hopes to be, an idler. — Samuel Johnson
How various his employments whom the world Calls idle; and who justly in return Esteems that busy world an idler too! — William Cowper
An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands. — William Cowper
Through this broad street, restless ever, ebbs and flows a human tide, wave on wave a living river; wealth and fashion side by side; Toiler,… — John Greenleaf Whittier
Work is as much a necessity to man as eating and sleeping. Even those who do nothing that can be called work still imagine they… — Wilhelm von Humboldt
I suddenly realised, hey, I'm not a lazy idiot, I'm an idler! It's something to aspire to, it's part of the creative process! That's fantastic! — Tom Hodgkinson
A learned man is an idler who kills time by study. — George Bernard Shaw
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… — Tom Hodgkinson
Most of us have no sympathy with the rich idler who spends his life in pleasure without ever doing any work. But even he fulfills… — Ludwig von Mises
The perfect woman, you see [is] a working-woman; not an idler; not a fine lady; but one who [uses] her hands and her head and… — Thomas Hardy
An idler and a sluggard are as different as a gourmand and a glutton. — David Mitchell
For the perfect idler, for the passionate observer it becomes an immense source of enjoyment to establish his dwelling in the throng, in the ebb… — Charles Baudelaire
If I choose to devote myself to certain labors which yield more real profit, though but little money, they may be inclined to look on… — Henry David Thoreau
What is a Communist? One who hath yearnings For equal division of unequal earnings, Idler or bungler, or both, he is willing, To fork out… — Ebenezer Elliott
The wicked can have only accomplices, the voluptuous have companions in debauchery, self-seekers have associates, the politic assemble the factions, the typical idler has connections,… — Voltaire

Who Wrote These Idler Quotes

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