Age Quote by Ralph Borsodi

Leisure was the sine qua non of the full Renaissance. The feudal nobility, having lost its martial function, sought diversion all over Europe in…

— Mary McCarthy

I think that was probably one of the biggest revelations, is leisure is really in the eyes of the beholder...

— Brigid Schulte

Holidays are in no sense an alternative to the congestion and bustle of the cities and work. Quite the contrary. People look to escape…

— Jean Baudrillard

As Western nations became more prosperous, leisure, which had been put off for several centuries in favor of the pursuit of property, the means…

— Allan Bloom

Leisure is the time for doing something useful.

— Benjamin Franklin

People would have more leisure time if it weren't for all the leisure-time activities that use it up.

— Peg Bracken

There can be no high civilization where there is not ample leisure.

— Henry Ward Beecher

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

— John Fowles

In preindustrial cultures leisure is scarcely a burden or a "problem" because it is built into the ritual and ground plan of life for…

— David Riesman

I think that was one of the biggest revelations is that leisure is really in the eyes of the beholder.

— Brigid Schulte

There's so much competition for leisure time, more than ever.

— Eric Fellner

Leisure is non-work for the sake of work. Leisure is the time spent recovering from work and in the frenzied but hopeless attempt to…

— Bob Black