"Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow" Quotes

I can't sit still and see another man slaving and working. I want to get up and superintend, and walk round with my hands in my pockets, and tell him what to do. It is my energetic nature. I can't help it.

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.

There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do.

Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.

I can't stand this cold weather. It makes me want to go to a warm country where I can sit in the sun and do nothing all day long.