#leisure

Leisure time is that five or six hours when you sleep at night. ↗

— George Allen, Sr.

#hours #leisure #leisure time #night #six

Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait for the leisure of retirement, which never really comes: meanwhile it helps to furnish the living room. ↗

— Anthony Burgess

#comes #furnish #helps #leisure #listen

The artist is a member of the leisured classes who cannot pay for his leisure. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#cannot #classes #his #leisure #member

Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure. ↗

— Thorstein Veblen

#consumption #gentleman #goods #leisure #means

In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in all civilised men's eyes. ↗

— Thorstein Veblen

#civilised #consequences #ennobling #eyes #itself

I have no profession. It is another example of my decadence. My attitude - quite an indefensible one - is that so long as I am no trouble to any one I have a right to do as I like. I know I ought to be getting money out of people, or devoting myself to things I don’t care a straw about, but somehow, I’ve not been able to begin.” “You are quite fortunate, it is quite a wonderful opportunity, the possession of leisure. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#money #motivation #occupations #attitude

How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue. ↗

— Natalie Clifford Barney

#how #inner #leisure #life #many

When Culture Club broke up, I hadn't been going out a lot because we'd been working all the time, so I suddenly had this period of leisure. And it was just around the time that the whole acid house thing kicked off in London. ↗

— Boy George

#around #because #been #broke #club

Do not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now! ↗

— Swami Sivananda

#here #leisure #love #minute #now

Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation - what are they? They are the happiest people in the world. ↗

— William Lyon Phelps

#company #conversation #decide #development #good