Escapism Quote by George Borrow Download Open image ““[M]ischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.”” — George Borrow ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Escapism Idleness
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“Be extremely careful following the Masses. Much of the time the "M" is silent.” — Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino Copy Share Image
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“[W]here there are things to be done the end is not to survey and recognize the various things, but rather to do them...” — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“And here is the sense of its existence: it is conscious of being superfluous. It dilutes, scatters itself, tries to lose itself on the… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“The universe is an amazingly fickle and eventful place, and our existence within is a wonder.” — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“There’s the wind on the heath, brother; if I could only feel that, I would gladly live for ever.” — George Borrow Copy Share Image
“Youth is the only season for enjoyment, and the first twenty-five years of one's life are worth all the rest of the longest life… — George Borrow Copy Share Image
Music is escapism from the grim realities of life. But then as soon as you escape into the music, from my point of view,… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
The young man shivered. He rolled the stock themes of fantasy over in his mind: cars and stockbrokers and commuters, housewives and police, agony… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I loved underground comics and psychedelic art. I did like some supernatural horror, but mainly fantasy. I was into escapism. — Arik Roper Copy Share Image
“Often the most tricky questions are the ones we secretly know the answers of. What are you running from? What are you waiting for?” — Sanhita Baruah Copy Share Image
Everything we do is escapism, because we'll all be dead and everything we do is completely meaningless. Why brush your teeth? Why not be… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
Fashion is, after all, a form of escapism, and in fact people are buying more special things than ever, nowadays. They deny and deny… — Tom Ford Copy Share Image
I think everybody wants to feel validated in some way, and when you're looking for leisure activities or if you're looking for escapism or… — Christopher Priest Copy Share Image
A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a story are better than any drugs. — Wentworth Miller Copy Share Image
Expeditions are escapism. The stuff that we're normally concerned about just doesn't matter out there. Tax returns, gas bill, none of it. Life becomes… — Ben Saunders Copy Share Image
“Time spent doing whatever it is you do to escape your daily life would be better spent acquiring a life that needs no escape.” — Shaun Hick Copy Share Image
Fashion is so close in revealing a person's inner feelings and everybody seems to hate to lay claim to vanity so people tend to… — Stella Blum Copy Share Image
