Idle

Idle

Idle (idling) is a term which generally refers to a lack of motion and/or energy.

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Famous quotes containing the word idle:

    “One person tells an idle story; ten thousand repeat it as truth.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “Then climate is a great impediment to idle persons; we often resolve to give up the care of the weather, but still we regard the clouds and the rain.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just as our memory does.”
    —Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)