Quotes About Leisure

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. But all play and no work makes him something worse.

Have a day off, which is very rare in our line of work, but that's something we like to do. Like I said, it's a nice way to take your mind off the game and just go out and relax and have fun.

Whenever I produce my best work, it's always because I've spent time being idle. Something always emerges after nothing.

Retirement, we understand, is great if you are busy, rich, and healthy. But then, under those circumstances, work is great too.

It's important to have balance in your life between work and play.

We like to have work to do, so as to have the right to rest.

Do not mistake a crowd of big wage earners for the leisure class.

Those who are excluded from meaningful work are, by an large, excluded from meaningful play.

I'm not a good time-off person. I'm awful on holiday. It comes from having that period when I didn't work. That really was the worst bit.

Nights without work I spend with whisky and books.

The best test of the quality of a civilization is the quality of its leisure.

When he worked, he really worked. But when he played, he really PLAYED.

I work too hard and don't play enough.

Raking over the past and sifting its dust is an occupation for the idle or the elderly retired.

In the country Sunday is the day on which you do exactly as much work as you do on other days but feel guilty all the time you are doing it because Sunday is a day of rest.

I find golf very relaxing. It's a way to get away from work and get outside. It's a lot of fun, and once you get going it's almost kind of addictive.

I'd sleep in a little, work out, do laundry, run errands, buy presents for people with birthdays coming up. I like it when I don't have to be anywhere, and anything I do is my choice.

Never get out of bed before noon.

I've never really been a workaholic. I work very hard, but I also enjoy playing. I think it's important to have a balanced and well-rounded life.

I chop and change between what is called 'work' and what is called 'recreation.' There are no discontinuities in my day. I only play tennis with people I find interesting.

If the use of leisure time is confined to looking at TV for a few extra hours every day, we will deteriorate as a people.

Schedule? I have no schedule. There is no hurry. I work when I want to.

We seldom enjoy leisure we haven't earned.

The only liberty an inferior man really cherishes is the liberty to quit work, stretch out in the sun, and scratch himself.