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Quotes about Leisure

Newland never seems to look ahead,' Mrs. Welland once ventured to complain to her daughter; and May answered serenely: 'No; but you see it doesn't matter, because when there's nothing particular to do he reads a book.
- Edith Wharton
Rich and idle and ornamental societies must produce many more such situations;
- Edith Wharton
Like every man of sense and good feeling, I abominate work.
- Aldous Huxley
What with making their way and enjoying what they have won, heroes have no time to think. But the sons of heroes - ah, they have all the necessary leisure.
- Aldous Huxley
I think the thing we see is that as people are using video games more, they tend to watch passive TV a bit less. And so using the PC for the Internet, playing video games, is starting to cut into the rather unbelievable amount of time people spend watching TV.
- Bill Gates
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.
- Andrew Jackson
Business was his aversion; Pleasure was his business.
- Maria Edgeworth
I can never fully switch off given my work, but laying on the beach replying to a few emails on my mobile is much better than being stuck in the office.
- Karren Brady
Resigned to vacant musing, Unreproved neglect of all things And deliberate holiday.
- William Wordsworth
Stop doing things that waste time. Don't replace time with your family or things that you need to do. I needed to put together two fantasy teams this weekend because that's something I enjoy, but I did stop playing Nintendo Wii for hours on end.
- Gary Vaynerchuk
Sometimes I've sat outside, not to tan, but as a result of that I ended up tanning slightly.
- Julian Casablancas
Once in a while, I get a massage done at home but I'm not a spa junkie.
- Kunal Khemu