Quotes About Leisure

I've spent most of my life golfing — the rest I've just wasted.

Gone golfin' — be back at dark thirty.

Born to golf. Forced to work.

It's not about racing. It's about having fun running. However fast or however slowly. You can start off at the pace you find easiest, Jade.

It may seem contradictory, but in the languid tropics one spends more time contemplating those great good things of sound and sight and smell.

Old King Cole was a merrie old soul, A merrie old soul was he. He called for his pipe and called for his bowl And toked away, mon, for his irie.

With a free afternoon, I'd probably put on a onesie, find something like a really dark, uncomfortable documentary on Netflix, and order pizza with a lot of ranch on the side.

Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun.

I don't think many people have a very good understanding of leisure and the importance it plays in our lives.

I never understood the concept of a fluffy summer read. For me, summer reading means beaches, long train rides and layovers in foreign airports. All of which call for escaping into really long books.

I've never understood activity holidays since we seem to have far too much activity in our daily lives as it is. Find a culture where loafing is the order of the day and where they don't understand our need to be constantly doing things. Find somewhere you can have a hammock holiday.

I play Xbox in my underwear.

Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed.

I used to go to the gym regularly and swim an awful lot, but that was when I was unemployed and knew leisure intimately.

I found that golf saved me from going to the pub every day, so instead, I play golf with other unemployed actors. I'm a member of the Stage Golfing Society, and I play golf with all sorts of people.

When I was unemployed, I hosted lots of dinner parties. Now I have time to make a pot of soup for the week - if I'm lucky!

Another reason I did not make films is that I liked being unemployed, since that is when I read, study and write.

The wise use of leisure, it must be conceded, is a product of civilization and education.

Instead of imitating me, you simply loiter.

Vodka is kind of a hobby.

In America, it is sport that is the opiate of the masses.

I like playing sport. I'm a bit of a design enthusiast, and like spending time with my girlfriend and mates.

Sport is escapism. Sport is a release.

Snowboarding really is a luxury sport.