Burt Shavitz Quotes

I think it's a pretty good day if I can get through it without lifting a finger.

How great is it to just rest and be happy and not move when you don't have to.

In reality, everyone is good in bed. Close eyes. Shutdown brain. Pause as necessary. Restart brain. Open eyes. What's there to not be good at? Bed is the one place where laziness is rewarded.

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

My idea of the perfect day is nothing to do and a great book on the go.

I only really and truly fully relax on my own. Give me a sun lounger, a pool and a sea view, and I'm happy.

This almost never happens, but what is really relaxing is just being in this house all by myself, sitting quietly and watching TV. But I basically never get that chance.

Well, there's nothing better than putting your feet up on a Sunday afternoon and grabbing a good book.

I am having a good time doing nothing.

But I do like to have peace and quiet for a good hour.

Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.

I don't thrive on stress. I love lying on the deck on our houseboat reading a book.

One of my most exciting Saturday nights was just me and a bottle of wine and a crochet book.

I have a pretty easy life.

I'm not shy, not reclusive, not any of those things, but the idea of a day in front of me when I have nothing to do, is just, oh what pleasure!

I don't go out unless I'm working. My quality time is when I'm doing nothing.

I don't understand people who like to work and talk about it like it was some sort of goddamn duty. Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.

I love being domestic: making coffee, just putting on a record, and just sitting, not doing anything. It's so great.

I enjoy the quiet life.

This is my life: it's an easy life. It's not complicated.

It's good way to relax when I come home from the road. When you're out there on the tractor there's nobody to bother you.

Bed is the best place for reading, thinking, or doing nothing.

He wants only to rest and to have a little peace.

When I'm alone, I can sleep crossways in bed without an argument.

As I have gotten older, I've discovered the joys of being lazy.