#idleness

It is idleness that creates impossibilities; and where people don't care to do anything, they shelter themselves under a permission that it cannot be done. ↗

— Bishop Robert South

#cannot #care #creates #done #idleness

The dandy turns idleness into an art form. The couch potato, into a snack form. But the supreme idler is the couch dandy: his art is superficial flavoring. ↗

— Bauvard

#dandyism #idleness #snacking #art

Our dreams take us into other worlds, alternative realities that help us make sense of day-to-day realities. ↗

— Tom Hodgkinson

#idleness #dreams

Inventory: "Four be the things I am wiser to know: Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe. Four be the things I'd been better without: Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt. Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne. Three be the things I shall have till I die: Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye. ↗

— Dorothy Parker

#contentment #curiosity #doubt #envy #foes

Idleness, we are accustomed to say, is the root of all evil. To prevent this evil, work is recommended.... Idleness as such is by no means a root of evil; on the contrary, it is truly a divine life, if one is not bored.... ↗

— Søren Kierkegaard

#life

There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want. ↗

— Bill Watterson

#time #wasting-time #nothing

Labour-saving devices just make us try to cram more pointless activities into each day, rather than doing the important thing, which is to enjoy our life. ↗

— Tom Hodgkinson

#living #life

Idleness is an appendix to nobility. ↗

— Robert Burton

#idleness #nobility

Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company. ↗

— Jeremy Collier

#disorder #idleness #inlet #licentiousness #makes

Idleness is the parent of psychology. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#parent #psychology