Busy Quote by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Believe me, I do not like idleness but work.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Idleness allows you to turn a situation from boredom to pleasure.

— Tom Hodgkinson

Idleness for me is not a giving up on life but a spirited grabbing hold of it.

— Tom Hodgkinson

I think being idle is quite hard for me to do.

— Tatiana Maslany

I hate being idle - there are still so many things I want to do.

— Angela Bowie

I think of myself as naturally idle. The trouble is, the 'nothing' that I do every day is not really nothing. I potter. I…

— Robert Webb

Idleness is sweet, and its consequences are cruel.

— John Quincy Adams

Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present.

— Cyril Connolly

Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.

— Jeremy Collier

Woe to those who lead idle lives. Idleness is a dreadful illness and must be cured in childhood. If it is not cured then,…

— Carlo Collodi

Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.

— Thomas a Kempis

I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon