Idle hands Quote by S.K. Epperson Download Open image ““idle hands and mind led to loss of self-respect and eventually to”” — S.K. Epperson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Idle hands Psychology
But labor of the hands, even when pursued to the verge of drudgery, is perhaps never the worst form of idleness. It has a… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“It occurred to him now to ask himself if this was how it happened : was it possible that the mere fact of using… — Amitav Ghosh Copy Share Image
“It is precisely to prevent us from thinking too much that society pressurizes us all to get out of bed. In 1993, I went… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
“Those who practice restraint in body, word, and mind are surely in control of themselves.” — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“I have often wondered whether especially those days when we are forced to remain idle are not precisely the days spend in the most… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“And in taking on the subject of themselves-making themselves vulnerable to the unseen reader-they have exchanged powerlessness for for the power that comes with… — Wally Lamb Copy Share Image
“Those scenes of solitude from which the hand of nature have never been lifted, affect the mind with a more deep-toned emotion than aught… — Thomas Cole Copy Share Image
“When people find themselves in these conditions they lose their self-consciousness and sense of time. They report that the task itself becomes the end” — James P. Womack Copy Share Image
“man has retained a love of idleness, but the curse weighs on the race not only because we have to seek our bread in… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“I am orderly out of spirit of idleness, to save myself the trouble of looking after things...” — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“And try letting yourself be carried away by your feelings, blindly, without reflection, without a primary cause, repelling consciousness at least for a time,… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“That wasn't—” Madeleine began, but then she stopped. She wouldn't tell him she had been rude not because the man had seen her nearly… — S.K. Epperson Copy Share Image
“Men with little dicks got all kinds of things to prove to people, mainly that a little dick don't matter as long as you… — S.K. Epperson Copy Share Image
“Manuel cleared his throat in embarrassment, but Renard had already turned and walked back to his truck. When he was gone, Madeleine turned to… — S.K. Epperson Copy Share Image
Old Flossie settle down on the other side of What-the-Dickens and dragged some handiwork out of a sack. She armed herself with two thorns… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“I promise I will repay you.” “Oh yeah?” she asked, looking at him, with his bare feet and plain, dark clothes. “With what?” The… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“If idle hands are the devil’s tools, then a clever teenager with idle hands and a methodical personality is the devil’s munitions factory.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Oh. Okay. Okay,” she said, burying her nose in Holden’s neck, wetting his skin with her tears. “Thank . . . thank you for… — Katy Regnery Copy Share Image
In works of labour or of skillI would be busy too:For Satan finds some mischief stillFor idle hands to do. — Isaac Watts Copy Share Image
The devil finds work for idle hands to do. Better to reign in the hell than serve in heaven. We are in bondage to… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“Satan finds some mischief still, for idle hands to do'...He might have written with as much truth, 'Satan finds some mischief for busy hands… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“The economic system barely functions as it is—I mean, the contemporary economic system is a complete catastrophe, an absolutely catastrophic failure. For instance, the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I can't stand still; I find it very difficult to sit around and do nothing. I've got to have projects on the go because… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
You should not have idle hands, you should always be working. All your life. — Ivan Bunin Copy Share Image
Therefore with idle hands and head I sit In late December before the fire's daze Punished by crimes of which I would be quit. — Allen Tate Copy Share Image
“What a mess,” [Rubashov] said, “what a mess we have made of our golden age.” Ivanov smiled. “Maybe,” he said happily. “Look at the… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
