John Darnielle Quotes

I would rather be sick than idle.

Idleness is the grand Pacific Ocean of life, and in that stagnant abyss the most salutary things produce no good, the most noxious no evil. Vice, indeed, abstractedly considered, may be, and often is engendered in idleness; but the moment it becomes efficiently vice, it must quit its cradle and cease to be idle.

I'm actually really lazy. I tell myself, "Okay, you work six months out of the year and you have to get up at 4 a.m. ..." I'll relish the downtime by chilling on the couch and watching my favorite TV shows.

I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy.

The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.

Idlers cannot even find time to be idle, or the industrious to be at leisure. We must always be doing or suffering

Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.

I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.

I'm pretty lazy. My wife always says, "you're the laziest, most successful Olympian I've ever seen." How does that make sense? Honestly, if I have downtime, I'm really, really good at not doing anything.

Idleness breeds our better virtues.

I hate downtime. I hate it so much. I like to relax like anybody else, but I hate not doing anything. In my life I'm either going full speed or I'm at a stop.

Personally I regard idling as a virtue, but civilized society holds otherwise.

A loafer always has the correct time.

There's never enough time to do nothing!

I think being idle is quite hard for me to do.

You can't get anything done hanging out all day long.

I don't like not being busy.

I work like a dog when I have to, but when I'm not working, I get terribly lazy and could sit around all day.

I'm not the kind of person who works 24 hours a day, mostly out of laziness; I don't know.

I don't like idle time.

When I do have spare time to write, I'm tempted to spend it napping.

Trouble Springs From Idleness.

Bee not idle and you shall not bee longing.

I suppose that there is no point wasting time being lazy, though of course indolence in a divine way, actually has its advantages.

Actually, I am kind of busy right now,” I drawled as I settled back into the chair and closed my eyes. “You have to make melanin while the sun shines.