Quotes About Leisure

The goal of all civilization, all religious thought, and all that sort of thing is simply to have a good time. But man gets so solemn over the process that he forgets the end.

The true object of human life is play.

There is work that is work and there is play that is play; there is play that is work and work that is play. And in only one of these lie happiness.

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.

Whenever I feel like exercise, I lie down until the feeling passes.

It is no rest to be idle.

Some people have a perfect genius for doing nothing, and doing it assiduously.

Idleness is the holiday of fools.

Sometimes I try a Mai Tai. It's so fruity. It's a little embarrassing, but I like it.

I reckon I've done my bit. I want to enjoy myself a bit now, with less responsibility, less frantic rushing about, less preparation, less trying to think of something to say.

I love a spa day, so put me in a hot tub and give me a massage, and I am a very happy girl.

There's nothing better than sitting in a hot tub.

The hot tub is my best friend.

Oh, that sound? I'm in the hot tub, reading a novel.

Golf in Indonesia has something else to offer: ways to make you forget the last four hours and take away the aches. Nearly every course has a spa - hot tub, cold tub, sauna and massage.

I'm not much of a water skier, my legs are too skinny for that, so I just try to tube and have fun, just ride.

It's hokey, but I love sitting in an inner tube and taking it easy on a lazy river ride. I can sit there all day.

I love to read. I love to stretch. In the morning, I get up, and if I'm not in a hurry, I will lie on the floor on a rug, look through some books and magazines, and maybe listen to music and try to do stretching exercises to tune up.

I'm one of these people that if I have a nice holiday - like I have had in Turkey repeatedly - I go back a lot.

On Saturday afternoons when all the things are done in the house and there's no real work to be done, I play Bach and Chopin and turn it up real loudly and get a good bottle of chardonnay and sit out on my deck and look out at the garden.

I don't have to be working every moment. Why turn something good into a hard job? It's more special when it's not a daily occurrence. It doesn't cheapen it so much.

If I feel in need of sleep, I just open a book or turn on the television. Both are better than any sleeping pill.

Idling is important. Most people don't know how. They're afraid of it. This explains why they turn on the television set or pick up the newspaper. They think they have to be doing something.

I like riding for five or six hours, then sitting on the sofa staring at the TV. It's my normal.