Idle State

Famous quotes containing the words idle and/or state:

“A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe for felicity. The idle are the only wretched.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

“On the whole our armed services have been doing pretty well in the way of keeping us defended, but I hope our State Department will remember that it is really the department of achieving peace ...”
—Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962)