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505 Leisure quotes by 348 unique authors

Just to paint is great fun ... Try it if you have not done so - before you die. — Winston Churchill
One is quite astonished to find how many things there are in the landscape, and in every object in it, one never noticed before. And… — Winston Churchill
... painting a picture is like fighting a battle; and trying to paint a picture is, I suppose, like trying to fight a battle. It… — Winston Churchill
Nobody can live in society without conventions. The reason why sensible people are as conventional as they can bear to be is that conventionality saves… — George Bernard Shaw
Have not Manet and Monet, Cézanne and Matisse, rendered to painting something of the same service which Keats and Shelley gave to poetry after the… — Winston Churchill
I was shown a picture by Cézanne of a blank wall of a house, which he had made instinct with the most delicate lights and… — Winston Churchill
Do not turn the superior eye of critical passivity upon these efforts .... We must not be ambitious. We cannot aspire to masterpieces. We may… — Winston Churchill
Like a sea-beast fished up from the depths, or a diver too suddenly hoisted, my veins threatened to burst from the fall in pressure. I… — Winston Churchill
I feel devoutly thankful to have been born fond of writing. — Winston Churchill
To sit at one's table on a sunny morning, with four clear hours of uninterruptible security, plenty of nice white paper, and a Squeezer pen… — Winston Churchill
English literature is a glorious inheritance which is open to all - there are no barriers, no coupons, and no restrictions. In the English language… — Winston Churchill
I have consistently urged my friends to abstain from reading it. — Winston Churchill
The Golcondas were considered incomparably the best team in Southern India ... [But] we defeated [them] by 9 goals to 3. On succeeding days we… — Winston Churchill
I am writing in one of the Keepers' Lodges to wh I have returned after stalking & where I am waiting for the Prince of… — Winston Churchill
I built with my own hands ... a large swimming-pool which was filtered to limpidity and could be heated to supplement our fickle sunshine. — Winston Churchill
The tired parts of the mind can be rested and strengthened not merely by rest, but by using other parts. — Winston Churchill
Reverend Fathers, my letters did not usually follow each other at such close intervals, nor were they so long.... This one would not be so… — Blaise Pascal
Detest it [a certain difficult mathematics problem] just as much as lewd intercourse; it can deprive you of all your leisure, your health, your rest,… — Farkas Bolyai
From Alexander the Platonic, not frequently nor without necessity to say to any one, or to write in a letter, that I have no leisure;… — Marcus Aurelius
I think that was one of the biggest revelations is that leisure is really in the eyes of the beholder. — Brigid Schulte
Satiety comes of too frequent repetition and he who will not give himself leisure to be thirsty can never find the true pleasure of drinking — Michel de Montaigne
The simple idea that everyone needs a reasonable amount of challenging work in his or her life, and also a personal life, complete with noncompetitive… — Judith Martin
How we use our leisure is equally as important to our joy as our occupational pursuits. Proper use of leisure requires discriminating judgment. Our leisure… — J. Richard Clarke
The leisure time of children must be constructively directed to wholesome, positive pursuits. Too much time viewing television can be destructive...It is estimated that growing… — Ezra Taft Benson
Man works when he is partially involved. When he is totally involved he is at play or leisure. — Marshall McLuhan

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