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Inspirational Quotes by Tom Hodgkinson
- Paradoxically, to be truly idle, you also have to be efficient.
- All of our technology is completely unnecessary to a happy life.
- When the going gets tough, the tough take a nap.
- All poets are idlers, even if all idlers are not poets.
- Doing something you enjoy at times of your own choosing and making a living from it: now tell me, is that work?
- Travelling fills me with dread.
- There is nothing so perfect as pinball and a pint at 11 a.m.
- 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…
- It will soon be difficult to put up a shelf without a degree in shelf putting up.
- We bore ourselves in order to earn money that we'll later spend on trying to de-bore ourselves
- Life is becoming no more than staring at the screen.
More Inspirational Quotes
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento