Quotes by Idlers Industry has operated against the artisan in favor of the idler, and also in favor of capital and against labor. Any mechanical invention whatsoever has been more harmful to humanity than a century of war. Remy de Gourmont idlers humanity war Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life. Robert Louis Stevenson idlers book way Every man is, or hopes to be, an idler. Samuel Johnson idlers every-man men Writing a book is a brilliant thing because once you've finished it, you've done it, and there's the potential for it to go on earning you a living without you doing any more work on it. It's absolutely ideal for an idler. Tom Hodgkinson idlers writing book In both word and deed, one of the greatest idlers of all time was John Lennon. In his songs we see repeated defences of simply lying around doing nothing. Tom Hodgkinson idlers song lying A conclusion I’ve come to at the Idler is that it starts with retreating from work but it’s really about making work into something that isn’t drudgery and slavery, and then work and life can become one thing. Tom Hodgkinson idlers work-and-life slavery I suddenly realised, hey, I'm not a lazy idiot, I'm an idler! It's something to aspire to, it's part of the creative process! That's fantastic! Tom Hodgkinson idlers lazy creative All poets are idlers, even if all idlers are not poets. Tom Hodgkinson idlers poet ifs No man is so methodical as a complete idler, and none so scrupulous in measuring out his time as he whose time is worth nothing. Washington Irving idlers sloth men Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of 'em: wit be my faculty, and pleasure my occupation, and let father Time shake his glass. William Congreve idlers glasses father An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands. William Cowper idlers watches hands How various his employments whom the world Calls idle; and who justly in return Esteems that busy world an idler too! William Cowper idlers employment world «12
