Quotes About Leisure

I have no profession. It is another example of my decadence. My attitude - quite an indefensible one - is that so long as I am no trouble to any one I have a right to do as I like. I know I ought to be getting money out of people, or devoting myself to things I don't care a straw about, but somehow, I've not been able to begin." "You are quite fortunate, it is quite a wonderful opportunity, the possession of leisure.

Those funny old days, when men went for change of air instead of changing the air in their rooms! And

It is an undoubted truth, that the less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.

There are several short intervals during the day, between studies and pleasures: instead of sitting idle and yawning, in those intervals, take up any book, though ever so trifling a one, even down to a jest-book; it is still better than doing nothing.

Leisure tends to corrupt, and absolute leisure corrupts absolutely.

Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?

Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.

Cricket to us was more than play, It was a worship in the summer sun.

Too much idleness, I have observed, fills up a man's time more completely and leaves him less his own master, than any sort of employment whatsoever

Yes. All the worth-while things in life. All mixed up. Rooms in candle-light. Leisure. Colour. Travel. Books. Music. Pictures. People—all kinds of people. Work that you love. And growth—growth and watching people grow. Feeling very strongly about things and then developing that feeling to—to make

Baseball is a slow, sluggish game, with frequent and trivial interruptions, offering the spectator many opportunities to reflect at leisure upon the situation on the field: This is what a fan loves most about the game

Do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am -- a reluctant enthusiast ... a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure.

Saving the world is only a hobby. Most of the time I do nothing.

The best thing about graduating from the university was that I finally had time to sit on a log and read a good book. Most

Better to idle through one park in two weeks than try to race through a dozen in the same amount of time. Those who are familiar with both modes of travel know from experience that this is true; the rest have only to make the experiment to discover the same truth for themselves.

The best thing about graduating from the university was that I finally had time to sit on a log and read a good book.

If bread is the first necessity of life, recreation is a close second.

Still, even without the country or a lake, the summer was a fine thing, particularly when you were at the beginning of it, looking ahead into it. There would be months of beautifully long, empty days, and each other to play with, and the books from the library.

It's Miller time.

A user and his leisure time are soon parted.

Retirement can be a great joy if you can figure out how to spend time without spending money.

Strong lager and some early Zep tunes. I ask thee, is there a better way to spend an evening?

Retirement is one great big giant coffee break.

There are three good reasons to be a teacher - June, July, and August.