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Killing time11 quotes
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. — Marthe Troly-Curtin · 1912It was kind of solemn, drifting down the big still river, laying on our backs looking up at the stars, and we didn't ever feel like talking loud, and it warn't often that we laughed, only a little kind of a low chuckle. We had mighty good weather, as a general thing, and nothing ever happened to us at all, that night, nor the next, nor the next. — Mark Twain · 1884To fill the hour—that is happiness. — Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1844It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. — Jerome K. Jerome · 1886What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next thirty years? — F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1925There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want. — Bill Watterson · 1988All 11 quotes →Leisure3 quotes
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. — Marthe Troly-Curtin · 1912There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want. — Bill Watterson · 1988Idleness as such is by no means a root of evil; on the contrary, it is truly a divine life, if one is not bored. — Soren Kierkegaard · 1843Idleness2 quotes
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. — Jerome K. Jerome · 1886Idleness as such is by no means a root of evil; on the contrary, it is truly a divine life, if one is not bored. — Soren Kierkegaard · 1843Time2 quotes
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. — Marthe Troly-Curtin · 1912There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want. — Bill Watterson · 1988Boat1 quote
There is nothing—absolute nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. — Kenneth Grahame · 1908Good conversation1 quote
What with excellent browsing and sluicing and cheery conversation and what-not, the afternoon passed quite happily. — P.G. Wodehouse · 1916Happiness1 quote
To fill the hour—that is happiness. — Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1844Hobbies1 quote
There is nothing—absolute nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. — Kenneth Grahame · 1908Procrastination1 quote
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. — Jerome K. Jerome · 1886Purpose of life1 quote
What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next thirty years? — F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1925River1 quote
It was kind of solemn, drifting down the big still river, laying on our backs looking up at the stars, and we didn't ever feel like talking loud, and it warn't often that we laughed, only a little kind of a low chuckle. We had mighty good weather, as a general thing, and nothing ever happened to us at all, that night, nor the next, nor the next. — Mark Twain · 1884Spending time1 quote
To fill the hour—that is happiness. — Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1844Taking it easy1 quote
Michael, I did nothing. I did absolutely nothing and it was everything I thought it could be. — Peter Gibbons · 1999