Idle

Famous quotes containing the word idle:

“To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavours with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

“Prayer is not an old woman’s idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.”
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948)

“He rides in the Row at ten o’clock in the morning, goes to the Opera three times a week, changes his clothes at least five times a day, and dines out every night of the season. You don’t call that leading an idle life, do you?”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)