Quotes by Idlers Vanity in its idler moments is benevolent, is as willing to give pleasure as to take it, and accepts as sufficient reward for its services a kind word or an approving smile. Alexander Smith idlers vanity giving I had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as air -- or as free as an income of eleven shillings and sixpence a day will permit a man to be. Under such circumstances, I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained. Arthur Conan Doyle idlers air men London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained. Arthur Conan Doyle idlers empires london An idler and a sluggard are as different as a gourmand and a glutton. David Mitchell idlers different What is a Communist? One who hath yearnings For equal division of unequal earnings, Idler or bungler, or both, he is willing, To fork out his copper and pocket your shilling. Ebenezer Elliott idlers pockets earning The faster you go, the idler you get. Ferreira Gullar idlers faster If I were to imagine myself as an idler wheel inside some big mix of gears, then I would be connected to everything. It's not like there's just me and then nothing. Fiona Apple idlers gears would-be I like the idea of the idler wheel - it just sits in between things, but it makes such a big difference in the way that the machine is working. That concept has always been something that has interested me, but I didn't really know why. Fiona Apple idlers differences ideas A learned man is an idler who kills time by study. George Bernard Shaw idlers education men As for the Republicans -- how can one regard seriously a frightened, greedy, nostalgic huddle of tradesmen and lucky idlers who shut their eyes to history and science, [and] steel their emotions against decent human sympathy. H. P. Lovecraft idlers lucky eye There is probably no greater idler than myself. And I would consider myself a lazy-bones if I did not write so many volumes, and if I did not admire my diligence once I begin writing. Henryk Sienkiewicz idlers lazy writing Go West, young man, go West. There is health in the country, and room away from our crowds of idlers and imbeciles. Horace Greeley idlers men country Do not lounge in the cities! There is room & health in the country, away from the crowds of idlers & imbeciles. Go west, before you are fitted for no life but that of the factory. Horace Greeley idlers cities country Idlers cannot even find time to be idle, or the industrious to be at leisure. We must always be doing or suffering Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann idlers leisure suffering Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers. Karl Marx idlers doubt numbers I am credited with being one of the hardest workers and perhaps I am, if thought is the equivalent of labour, for I have devoted to it almost all of my waking hours. But if work is interpreted to be a definite performance in a specified time according to a rigid rule, then I may be the worst of idlers. Nikola Tesla idlers may inspirational By amusing myself with all these games, all this nonsense, all these picture puzzles, I became famous... I am only a public entertainer who has understood his time. Pablo Picasso idlers amusement games The people no longer seek consolation in art. But the refined people, the rich, the idlers seek the new, the extraordinary, the extravagant, the scandalous. Pablo Picasso idlers people art Idlers do not make history: they suffer it! Peter Kropotkin idlers suffering Democracy does not contain any force which will check the constant tendency to put more and more on the public payroll. The state is like a hive of bees in which the drones display, multiply and starve the workers so the idlers will consume the food and the workers will perish. Plato idlers democracy bees 12»