#leisure

The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#effect #half #leisure #little #movement

You can give men food and leisure and amusements and good conditions of work, and still they will remain unsatisfied. You can deny them all these things, and they will not complain so long as they feel that they have something to die for. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#complain #conditions #deny #die #feel

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. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#money #motivation #occupations #attitude

I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipstick. I believe in pink. I believe happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and... I believe in miracles. ↗

— Audrey Hepburn

#another day #believe #day #happy #i

He hath no leisure who useth it not. ↗

— George Herbert

#leisure #who

Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure. ↗

— Oliver Herford

#leisure #manuscript #returned #something #submitted

How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue. ↗

— Natalie Clifford Barney

#how #inner #leisure #life #many

Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; men love in haste but they detest at leisure. ↗

— George Byron

#far #haste #hatred #leisure #longest

Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure. ↗

— William Congreve

#haste #heels #leisure #married #pleasure

When Culture Club broke up, I hadn't been going out a lot because we'd been working all the time, so I suddenly had this period of leisure. And it was just around the time that the whole acid house thing kicked off in London. ↗

— Boy George

#around #because #been #broke #club