"I don`t think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble."
- Agatha ChristieWork is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.
- George MacDonaldIdleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.
- Jerome K. JeromeIdleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything.
- Abdessalem MansourWork is not always required... there is such a thing as sacred idleness, the cultivation of which is now fearfully neglected.
- Abdulaziz AlzoomIdleness and lack of occupation tend - nay are dragged - towards evil.
- Abner GermanowKnow the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
- Adam KleinIn early childhood you may lay the foundation of poverty or riches, industry or idleness, good or evil, by the habits to which you train your children. Teach them right habits then, and their future life is safe.
- Adam LevinFar from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.
- Adrian MitchellResearch! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.
- Al MuchkaIt 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.
- Al ThrasherIdleness is to the human mind like rust to iron.
- Alena NardingerIt has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
- Alex LangwenyaIdleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill temper.
- Alexander CutlerIdleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.
- Ali PartoviRest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer`s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.
- Alissa JohnsonIt wounds a man less to confess that he has failed in any pursuit through idleness, neglect, the love of pleasure, etc., etc., which are his own faults, than through incapacity and unfitness, which are the faults of his nature.
- Alonzo PloughSmokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.
- Andrea RuediGolf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.
- William WordsworthThe condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.
- Oscar WildeIdleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.
- Benjamin FranklinIdleness is the parent of all psychology
- Friedrich NietzscheIdleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.
- Dorothy ParkerI never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely
- Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr.Life is best enjoyed when time periods are evenly divided between labor, sleep, and recreation...all people should spend one-third of their time in recreation which is rebuilding, voluntary activity, never idleness.
- Brigham YoungWork is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace
- HesiodRest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer`s day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time
- John LubbockIdleness is the only refuge of weak minds, and the holiday of fools
- Lord ChesterfieldPurity of mind and idleness are incompatible
- Mahatma Gandhi