#leisure

The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#had #i #leisure #letter #long

Watching TV is the most popular leisure activity in Britain. I find that very depressing. ↗

— Jeremy Paxman

#britain #depressing #find #i #leisure

The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

#intelligence #leisure #our #test

No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure. ↗

— James K. Polk

#duties #faithfully #his #leisure #performs

I am moreover inclined to be concise when I reflect on the constant occupation of the citizens in public and private affairs, so that in their few leisure moments they may read and understand as much as possible. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#am #citizens #concise #constant #few

It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self. ↗

— Agnes Repplier

#fabric #his #leisure #lives #man

How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer. ↗

— Branch Rickey

#biggest #biggest problem #how #leisure #leisure time

I'd rather spend my leisure time doing what some people call my work and I call my fun. ↗

— Jared Diamond

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Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#curiosity #diverted #emulation #great #knowledge

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it is occupation. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#being #bother #cure #happy #leisure