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505 Leisure quotes by 348 unique authors

The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure… — Raymond Chandler
People no longer write letters. Lacking the leisure, and, for the most part, the ability, they dictate dispatches, and scribble messages. When you are in… — Joel Chandler Harris
Now it is time to sit quiet, face to face with thee, and to sing dedication of life in this silent and overflowing leisure. — Rabindranath Tagore
Nothing excellent can be done without leisure. — Andre Gide
The idea of a detached art, of poetry as a charm which exists only to distract our leisure, is a decadent idea and an unmistakable… — Antonin Artaud
People who know how to employ themselves, always find leisure moments, while those who do nothing are forever in a hurry. — Madame Roland
It's a cultural disability in America that we worship pleasure, leisure, and affluence. I think the church is doubly damned when they use Jesus as… — Rich Mullins
I suppose it was that in courtship everything is regarded as provisional and preliminary, and the smallest sample of virtue or accomplishment is taken to… — George Eliot
God is patient with the process! Think of the enormous leisure of God! He is never in a hurry. — Oswald Chambers
It is important to value the individual, to have good health, a loving family and good relationships, to have community ties, leisure pursuits. These are… — Helen Lynch
Agriculture probably required a far greater discipline than did any form of food collecting. Seeds had to be planted at certain seasons, some protection had… — Charles Heiser
In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in all civilised men's eyes. — Thorstein Veblen
It is well to lie fallow for a while. — Martin Farquhar Tupper
I am once more seated under my own vine and fig tree ... and hope to spend the remainder of my days in peaceful retirement,… — George Washington
The Greeks invented the idea of nemesis to show how any single virtue, stubbornly maintained gradually changes into a destructive vice. Our success, our industry,… — Sam Keen
The only true retirement is that of the heart; the only true leisure is the repose of the passions. To such persons it makes little… — William Hazlitt
The axe is the most important bush tool there is. Outside of fire, nothing may contribute to your comfort and leisure than a well chosen… — Mors Kochanski
The most remarkable aspect of the transition we are living through is not so much the passage from want to affluence as the passage from… — Henri Lefebvre
All laws which can be violated without doing any one any injury are laughed at. Nay, so far are they from doing anything to control… — Baruch Spinoza
During the last times, men will be lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God. When you think of our sports-driven society, and our media-driven… — Jerry Falwell
Is there a choice in life? It's always been like this. I am jealous that you have a lot of leisure and free time. You… — Yao Ming
Too many vacations that last too long, too many movies, too much TV, too much video game playing - too much undisciplined leisure time in… — Stephen Covey
You can give men food and leisure and amusements and good conditions of work, and still they will remain unsatisfied. You can deny them all… — Christopher Dawson
Work and leisure are complementary parts of the same living process and cannot be separated without destroying the joy of work and the bliss of… — E F Schumacher
At either end of the social spectrum there lies a leisure class. — Eric Jay Beck

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