Quotes About Leisure

The pedestrian is the highest and most mighty of beings; he walks for pleasure, he observes but does not interfere, he is not in a hurry, he is happy in the company of his own mind, he wanders detached, wise and merry, godlike. He is free.

Sembra un paradosso ma per x esser davvero oziosi bisogna essere efficienti

Sembra un paradosso ma per essere davvero oziosi bisogna essere efficienti

sembra un paradosso ma per esser davvero oziosi bisogna essere efficienti

A diet of solely mental work is suffocating.

Der Müßiggänger hat den Wunsch, ständig ein gutes Leben zu haben, nicht nur an Samstagabenden.

The lie-in—by which I mean lying in bed awake—is not a selfish indulgence but an essential tool for any student of the art of living, which is what the idler really is. Lying in bed doing nothing is noble and right, pleasurable and productive.

I should hate to be employed and have no time for my needlework and my painting and playing the piano and seeing people. I find I have little enough spare time as it is. Rubbish, caro, one can find time for important things if one makes an effort. conversation between Georgie and Lucia

a man who perfectly exemplified the old saying that all work and no play makes Jack a management consultant)

People of ze wurl, relax!

In effect, hunter-gatherers work two days a week and have five-day weekends.

We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.

Time's fun when you're having flies.

My own view is that everyone works too hard and too long and they ought to get out more. There isn't time in their improverished lives to do anything creative, or even to just sit and stare, one of my favourite occupations. And how the wired-in young—never without their music, never out of touch because of mobile phones, constantly sharing everything, even pictures—are going to cope if they ever encounter solitude and silence is another thing.

A man needs a hobby, Finn, and all the best football teams have been taken." The

Morality is only for the middle class, sweet. The lower class can't afford it, and the upper classes have entirely too much leisure time to fill

I don't date. I'm strictly for recreational purposes. - Leo

Yes, I was clad in yoga pants that had never seen a yoga studio and a T-shirt covered in rabbit and dog hair. But I'd been reading. There was no reason to dress up for reading. Books didn't care. Books were just happy to be read.

My idea of outdoor activity is taking my book outside

Rather tiring to a person whose idea of outdoor activity was taking her book outside to read. "All

he spent his free time at the

I'm kind of a homebody. My husband says I like to just stay home and do nothing, but that's just how I am.

Most people fantasize that if they won the lottery, they would quit their jobs and immerse themselves in leisure, play, family, parenthood, occasional thrilling sex; they'd eat when they were hungry and sleep whenever they felt sleepy. Many people, if they won the lottery and got rich quick, would want to live like elephants.

In the Land of Toys, every day, except Sunday, is a Saturday. Vacation begins on the first of January and ends on the last day of December. That is the place for me! All countries should be like it! How happy we should all be!