There is nothing so perfect as pinball and a pint at 11 a.m. Tom Hodgkinson More Quotes by Tom Hodgkinson More Quotes From Tom Hodgkinson I think it's good to look at how people lived before, and then take the best bits of that culture and try to mix it in with your own. Tom Hodgkinson trying people thinking It will soon be difficult to put up a shelf without a degree in shelf putting up. Tom Hodgkinson shelves difficult degrees When people say " I just don't have enough time " they mean " I prioritized something else. Tom Hodgkinson enough-time mean people If Adam and Eve were not hunter-gatherers, then they were certainly gatherers. But, then, consumer desire, or self-embitterment, or the 'itch,' as Schopenhauer called it, appeared in the shape of the serpent. This capitalistic monster awakens in Adam and Eve the possibility that things could be better. Instantly, they are cast out of the garden and condemned to a life of toil, drudgery, and pain. Wants supplanted needs, and things have been going downhill ever since. Tom Hodgkinson pain garden self When stuck years ago in a job I hated, my only friend was the public bench. As the tedious mornings dragged on, how I would long for the lunch hour, when I would be able to escape the torture of the office and stroll over to the churchyard and into the comforting wooden embrace of one of its benches. Tom Hodgkinson morning jobs years We have to wonder whether digital technology, rather than making it easier to communicate, is actually doing the opposite. We now sit alone at a keyboard, firing off zeros and ones into the ether. Offices are silent. Tom Hodgkinson technology office opposites Deleting 200 spams a day is a drag. And I was checking my email constantly, rather than getting on with my real work, which is reading and writing. Email was becoming a distraction, a burden rather than a liberation. Tom Hodgkinson real reading writing When walking you see things that you miss in a motor car or on the train. You give your mind space to ponder. Tom Hodgkinson car space giving One aspect of fast London life I have never understood, for example, is the custom of the gym. Why do people go to gyms? Tom Hodgkinson london example people My idea of childcare at festivals is to sit at a trestle table with an ale while the kids run around and make up their own games. Tom Hodgkinson games running kids Meetings, clearly, can take place anywhere, and wouldn't it be nice to see your coworkers lounging on the grass with their shoes off? Tom Hodgkinson coworker shoes nice 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 When the day comes, I remember how much I loathe flying. I seethe at the humiliation of airport security checks. Tom Hodgkinson humiliation checks airports Faffing of course does not fit the programme. We are supposed to be busy, productive citizens. Tom Hodgkinson citizens busy doe Doing something you enjoy at times of your own choosing and making a living from it: now tell me, is that work? Tom Hodgkinson making-a-living enjoy Computers tend to separate us from each other - Mum's on the laptop, Dad's on the iPad, teenagers are on Facebook, toddlers are on the DS, and so on. Tom Hodgkinson ipads teenager dad Although I played a lot of computer games in my 20s, now I have children of my own I hate them with a passion. Tom Hodgkinson passion hate children All poets are idlers, even if all idlers are not poets. Tom Hodgkinson idlers poet ifs The reason laziness is rarely pushed as a lifestyle option is down to one simple reason: money. There are fortunes to be made out of active lifestyles. Gyms charge fees. But no one is going to make money out of sleep. It is free. Tom Hodgkinson laziness simple sleep When the going gets tough, the tough take a nap. Tom Hodgkinson tough-times naps sleep
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