Quincy Jones Quotes

When there's not much to do, you find things to do that get you in trouble.

Too much free time is certainly a monkey's paw in disguise. Most people can't handle a structureless life.

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

When I get bored, I get into trouble.

I think a lot of people have too much time on their hands.

It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.

There is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do.

Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up.

That’s why these kids get into so much trouble. They don’t have anything to do.

I love doing just nothing in my free time.

Boredom does get you into trouble and we footballers have a lot of time on our hands, and sometimes we fill up that time with stuff that isn't always positive.

To just slow yourself down, just to not do anything and drive around - I'm not like that. I'm not here to fill up the field.

If someone were to tell me I had twenty years left, and ask me how I'd like to spend them, I'd reply 'Give me two hours a day of activity, and I'll take the other twenty-two in dreams.'

Generally speaking, everyone is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything.

Never underestimate a child's ability to get into more trouble.

When I'm sitting at home in the off season and I don't have anything to do, I watch tennis on my computer. It's kind of boring. It's something to do.

I'm terrible when I have to fill up free time. My days, if I'm not working, I wake up and figure out a way to kill time until it's time to go to sleep.

I like doing nothing, actually. Doing nothing is better thing when I am not working.

There's a lot to be said for loafing if you know how to do it gracefully.

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

I've seen guys sit the whole day doing nothing, and I hate it when people are unproductive. I don't like a guy who sits on the couch all day.

A loafer always has the correct time.

I enjoy doing nothing.

There's too much down time making movies. That leads to boredom. And that leads to trouble.

Idling is important. Most people don't know how. They're afraid of it. This explains why they turn on the television set or pick up the newspaper. They think they have to be doing something.