Quotes About Leisure

Freedom was a fantasy she gnawed obsessively in her few moments of leisure, like an old bone with just a trace of meat, and like all illusions, it left her hungrier than before, only more keenly aware of how her soul starved within her, its wings wasting with the despair of disuse.

Any notion of the serious life of leisure, as well as men's taste and capacity to live it, has disappeared. Leisure [has become] entertainment.

I really would like to stop working forever—never work again, never do anything like the kind of work I'm doing now—and do nothing but write poetry and have leisure to spend the day outdoors and go to museums and see friends.... Just a literary and quiet city-hermit existence.

Quand on ne travaillera plus les lendemains des jours de repos, la fatigue sera vaincue.

Gone surfing. Be back soon. -D

programas tan estrictos, ocio incluido, y su vida laboral se verá sometida a tales obligaciones horarias, que el oasis de los estudios se dedica cuidadosamente a la vaguedad, a lo incierto, incluso a una suntuosa nada.

C'est extraordinaire: vous avez donc passé vingt quatre ans à manger et à regarder la télévision? - Non, j'ai aussi dormi et fumé. Et un peu lu.

I have one weakness. I don't like vacations. I like to work.

The theater is the only branch of art much cared for by people of wealth; like canasta, it does away with the brother of talk after dinner.

The rich have lots of money. The wealthy have lots of time. I've done enough to have lots of time today to watch sunrises and get drenched in the rain.

Around the year 2000, countries such as France, the Netherlands and the US were already five times as wealthy as in 1930. Yet nowadays our biggest challenges are not leisure and boredom, but stress and uncertainty.

My attitude when I'm in Mexico is I wake up in the morning with nothing to do and I go to bed half done. I don't wear a watch. When I live down there, I do nothing according to time. I eat when I'm hungry and go to sleep when I'm tired.

When I'm not at work, I put deep conditioner in my hair and wear a baseball cap. I'll just roll around on the off-days with goop in my hair, and then just rinse it out.

If I played golf, I'd be on the golf course every day, but I just can't wear those dumb pants.

On vacation, you can wear all the colorful and casual clothing that you like, but you must always be elegant.

I'm just at home all the time wearing jogging pants.

I'm also all about comfort. Just hanging out and wearing jeans or sweats.

My dream evening is wearing my sweatpants, eating something delicious and watching TV with my boyfriend.

Well-fitting and nice-looking swimwear is of utmost importance as it is the only item one wears on the beach.

I like summer. I like warmer weather and long days. I'm one of those silly people who still enjoy lying in the sun - my children are horrified!

I'm a tropical weather cruiser. I like surfing, you know. I like being on the beach.

I have some close friends I keep in touch with. I knit. I watch a little too much TV. I ski, if the weather's right for that. If I can find a group of buddies, I go rock climbing.

If the weather's nice, I like to be outside exercising, but when it's colder, I'm a real homebody and I catch up on my reading.

If the weather is nice, I play tennis, which is pretty much the only exercise that I do. I try to do that as much as I can.