Amount Quote by E. F. Schumacher

Leisure and the cultivation of human capacities are inextricably interdependent.

— Margaret Mead

The idea that leisure is of value in itself is only conditionally true. The average man simply spends his leisure as a dog spends…

— H. L. Mencken

Much work is merely a way to make money; much leisure is merely a way to spend it.

— C. Wright Mills

There cannot be any true leisure until all the world possesses it equally.

— John Fowles

“In the economies of late capitalism leisure displaces labor, consumption displaces production, and commodities become the instruments of leisure, identity, and social relations.”

— John Fiske

“Among this people there is no leisure class. We often forget that in the United States over half the youth and adults are not…

— W.E.B. Du Bois

I must confess that I am interested in leisure in the same way that a poor man is interested in money.

— Prince Philip Duke Of Edinburgh

The right use of leisure is no doubt a harder problem than the right use of our working hours. The soul is dyed the…

— William Ralph Inge

The wise use of leisure, it must be conceded, is a product of civilization and education.

— Bertrand Russell

It is already possible to imagine a society in which the majority of the population, that is to say, its laborers, will have almost…

— W. H. Auden

Leisure is only possible when we are at one with ourselves. We tend to overwork as a means of self-escape, as a way of…

— Josef Pieper

I don't think many people have a very good understanding of leisure and the importance it plays in our lives.

— Jack Nicholson