Ismail Kadare Quotes

Forgive me if I sleep until I wake up.

I love to sleep. I'd sleep all day if I could.

Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds.

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.

Everyone keeps asking me, What are you doing? I say, Why do I need to do anything? I'm rich.

I have no desire to put my feet up. Why would I?

I am a great one for just taking it easy and lazing around.

I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it.

It is dainty to be sick if you have leisure and convenience for it.

O, nothing is more alluring than a levee from a couch in some confusion.

...it gives you the impression that every day is Sunday.

I'm always looking for the comfiest place to lie down, like a cat.

Doing nothing gives me great pleasure. And believe me, I succeed wonderfully in it.

You did good Roza. Very good. Now sleep.

We continue to make more money when snoring than when active.

Thank God for baseball.

I've often stopped working for long periods.

A great day for me is not getting out of bed. I like to see how many snacks I can eat..and how many really bad TV shows I can watch

If I am doing nothing, I like to be doing nothing to some purpose. That is what leisure means.

On a beautiful day like this it would be best to stay in bed so you wouldn't get up and spoil it!

I always think a day when you never get out of your pajamas is a win.

Wasting time is negative, but there is something positive about idleness.

Love is the natural occupation of the man of leisure.

In Hollywood, we have some of the richest unemployed people in the world. They have sun tans. Some of them have chauffeurs in Rolls-Royces waiting outside. They have their golf clubs ready in the car. There is no law that says you cannot play golf while being unemployed.

I can sleep a whole day. If no one woke me up, I would sleep for 24 hours. I think it's a combination of my age and my appreciation for sleep. Sleep is so wonderful. Sometimes you can oversleep and feel like you've waster your time, but I think it's one of the bestways to spend your time.