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:

    “On the idle hill of summer,
    Sleepy with the flow of streams,”
    —A.E. (Alfred Edward)

    “Of late, eternal Condor years
    So shake the very Heaven on high
    With tumult as they thunder by,
    I have no time for idle cares
    Through gazing on the unquiet sky.”
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

    “It is the ignorant and childish part of mankind that is the fighting part. Idle and vacant minds want excitement, as all boys kill cats.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)