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Quotes About Relaxation

You see," continued another in a more conciliatory tone, "it's really quite strenuous doing nothing all day, so once a week we take a holiday and go nowhere, which was just where we were going when you came along.
~ Norton Juster
He could talk through twenty cigarettes on any topic that you brought up. And he never sat up when he could lie down; and never stood when he could sit.
~ O. Henry
If you're going to binge, literature is definitely the way to do it.
~ Oprah Winfrey
Sami wywo?ujemy u siebie stres, poniewa? czujemy, ?e musimy co? zrobi?. Musimy. Ja ju? tak nie czuj?.
~ Oprah Winfrey
Another oral exam, huh?' Peter said. 'Shut up, Peter,' said Valentine. 'You should relax and enjoy it,' said Peter. 'It could be worse.' 'I don't know how.' 'It could be an anal exam.
~ Orson Scott Card
I've had enough adventures," said Noxon, "to know that boredom is the closest thing to happiness. Boredom means that there's nothing wrong. You're not hungry, you're not in pain. Nobody's making any demands on you. Your mind is free to think whatever you want. The only thing that makes boredom unpleasant is if you're impatient for something else to happen.
~ Orson Scott Card
I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.
~ Oscar Wilde
It is awfully hard work doing nothing. However, I don't mind hard work where there is no definite object of any kind. -Algernon
~ Oscar Wilde
Muffins should always be eaten quite calmly, as it is the only way to eat them!
~ Oscar Wilde
maybe I should join It's Only Brunch. It's like JustDinner, but with mimosas.
~ Connie Willis
You'd be a woreout sumbuck. I'll tell you that. Think how good you'd sleep.
~ Cormac McCarthy
Nothing chased nightmares away faster than the rustle of printed paper.
~ Cornelia Funke
After all, there's nothing like a few comforting pages of a book when you're way from home, right?
~ Cornelia Funke
Carisoprodol. Comes in a white tablet like a big-ass vitamin, 350 mg of muscle liquefier for those tense, recovering athletes and furniture movers. Too much, and those relaxed muscles include your diaphragm, then your heart.
~ Craig Clevenger
Relaxation and Recreation The most relaxing recreating forces are a healthy religion, sleep, music, and laughter. Have faith in God—learn to sleep well— Love good music—see the funny side of life— And health and happiness will be yours.
~ Dale Carnegie
I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe that everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about?
~ Dale Carnegie
The most relaxing recreating forces are healthy religion, sleep, music, and laughter. Have faith in God—learn to sleep well— Love good music—see the funny side of life— And health and happiness will be yours.
~ Dale Carnegie
Home may be where the heart is but it's no place to spend Wednesday afternoon.
~ Walker Percy
On Friday Ma came timidly out to the pool wearing her beach robe. In her hands she held her equipment: cup of tea, cigarettes, nasal spray. She struggled with the gate, walked up to the water, and dunked her big toe. "Cold," she said.
~ Wally Lamb
Loafe with me on the grass—loose the stop from your throat; Not words, not music or rhyme I want—not custom or lecture, not even the best; Only the lull I like, the hum of your valved voice.
~ Walt Whitman
I lean and loaf at my ease... observing a spear of summer grass.
~ Walt Whitman
Have you ever thought how much is in the negative quality of nature—the negative—the simply loafing, doing nothing, worrying about nothing, living out of doors and getting fresh air, plenty of sleep—letting everything else take care of itself?
~ Walt Whitman
I loafe and invite my soul, I lean and loafe at my ease . . . observing a spear of summer grass.
~ Walt Whitman
Loafe with me on the grass, loose the stop from your throat, Not words, not music or rhyme I want, not custom or lecture, not even the best, Only the lull I like, the hum of your valvèd voice.
~ Walt Whitman