Irvine Welsh Quotes

I'd rather be doing something than not doing something.

I'm not good when idle.

I'd rather be busy than not.

Believe me, I do not like idleness but work.

I've never been one to enjoy just sitting around.

I don't like idle time.

The only thing that's a challenge for me is not working. I get depressed when I'm not in motion.

I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.

This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.

I'm no good at down-time. I panic slightly and then plan a project or set up a meeting about starting a project.

I just always wanted to stay busy.

I believe that life is about doing.

Energy begets energy. If you are lazy, you will always be lazy. And if you retire at 60, you will die at 65.

I hate resting. I feel restless. My preference is to be working.

I hate being idle - there are still so many things I want to do.

I love working. I love doing things. I don't like sitting.

I always need to keep moving.

If I lounge around for too long, I get really bored. I have to be doing something.

That the Devil finds work for idle hands to do is probably true. But there is a profound difference between leisure and idleness.

The chiefest action for a man of great spirit is never to be out of action... the soul was never put into the body to stand still.

Let us then, be up and doing.

In works of labour or of skillI would be busy too:For Satan finds some mischief stillFor idle hands to do.

Do what you will, only do something.

If you want to do things, do things.

Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.