Arthur C. Clarke Quotes

Work alone isn't enough for me and mine; we know how to break our backs, but the great dream Of my fathers was to be good at doing nothing.

Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.

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

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

I am capable of being idle.

Believe me, nobody likes to loaf more than me.

I definitely like not working sometimes. It's so fun. I just love sleeping in. In America, everyone is driven to succeed and wake up and do something. But I don't care. I want to sleep in. I want to relax. I don't want to have to get up every day.

I think everyone's dream is to do nothing.

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

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

Every man is, or hopes to be, an idler.

As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.

To work is simple enough; but to rest, there is the difficulty.

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

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

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

I believe in stopping work and eating lunch.

I love to not work. I like to travel. I work maybe half the year, no more.

I'm just really a lazy homebody.

Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.

I'm quite lazy.

Forgive me if I sleep until I wake up.

They built these little tanning booths for Brooke and I to do nothing but lay down and tan all over.

I am having a good time doing nothing.