Idly Quotes

71 Idly quotes by 70 unique authors

As in a theatre, the eyes of men, after a well-graced actor leaves the stage, are idly bent on him that enters next. — William Shakespeare
I would rather play with forked lightning, or take in my hand living wires with their fiery current, than to speak a reckless word against… — A B Simpson
Never stand idly while people commit what you know to be an injustice! Injustice only leads to more injustice! — Robert Kiyosaki
Life is not given to us that we might live idly without work. No, our life is a struggle and a journey. Goof should struggle… — Giuseppe Mazzini
Imagine foreign troops sitting idly, laughing as hooligans trashed the Smithsonian, stole the gold from Fort Knox and burned down the Department of the Interior.… — Ted Rall
Many thousands of youth have been deprived of the benefit of education thereby, their morals ruined, and talents irretrievably lost to society, for want of… — Joseph Lancaster
First, you hand over some basics-overwhelming joy, existential angst, a giving-in to desire, etc. And then you promise to withstand talking idly about the weather,… — Julianna Baggott
Alone!-that worn-out word, So idly spoken, and so coldly heard; Yet all that poets sing and grief hath known Of hopes laid waste, knells in… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic. It is not idly, passively waiting and hoping for some good thing to happen. — Joseph B. Wirthlin
The sweetness that all longed for night and day. Some tragedy might be idly guessed at-loss or illness. She had the luminosity of those about… — Shirley Hazzard
I dislike the word 'victim.' I dislike being told that I 'lost' my husband - as if I had idly abandoned you by the side… — Nina Bawden
We were wise indeed, could we discern truly the signs of our own time; and by knowledge of its wants and advantages, wisely adjust our… — Thomas Carlyle
The apothegm is the most portable form of Truth.... It is thus that the proverb answers where the sermon fails, as a well-charged pistol will… — William Gilmore Simms
The gods are watching, but idly, yawning. — Mason Cooley
When you meet a man, don't you always idly wonder what he'd be like in bed? I do. — Helen Gurley Brown
I would consider all of the legislation which I have supported meaningless if I were to sit idly by, silent, during a period which may… — Dennis Chavez
The House of Representatives was not designed to sit idly by and rubberstamp every piece of legislation sent their way by the Senate, especially legislation… — Neal Boortz
Sitting around idly contemplating doesn't produce much. In work you can discipline your attention, forget about your misery. — Frederick Lenz
He that spends a Groat a day idly, spends idly above 6 l. a year, which is the Price of using 100 l. — Benjamin Franklin
Omission to do what is necessary Seals a commission to a blank of danger; And danger, like an ague, subtly taints Even then when we… — William Shakespeare
I spend a lot of time idly. I go to sporting events, play my clarinet. I practise. But if you work every day, a certain… — Woody Allen
When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly. — Sappho
Now musing o'er the changing scene Farmers behind the tavern screen Collect; with elbows idly press'd On hob, reclines the corner's guest, Reading the news… — John Clare
My books were always full of ink blots, always stained and covered with smeared sketches and pictures, which one draws idly when his attention wanders… — Pierre Loti
We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service. — Earl Nightingale

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