#leisure

Basically, particularly in Britain, it's a hegemonic thing that people who write tend to come from the leisure classes. They can afford the time and the books. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

#basically #books #britain #classes #come

Like every other good thing in this world, leisure and culture have to be paid for. Fortunately, however, it is not the leisured and the cultured who have to pay. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#cultured #every #fortunately #good #good thing

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

— George Byron

#far #haste #hatred #leisure #longest

To describe my scarce leisure time in today's terms, I always default to reading. ↗

— Jimmy Buffett

#default #describe #i #i always #leisure

Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#doing #lazy #leisure #never #obtain

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

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

My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do. ↗

— Francine Jay

#minimalism #productivity #inspirational

For mothers who must earn, there is indeed no leisure time problem. The long hours of earning are increased by the hours of domestic labor, until no slightest margin for relaxation or change of thought remains. ↗

— Katharine Anthony

#domestic #earn #earning #hours #increased