Cesare Pavese Quotes

I think everyone's dream is to do nothing.

I rather like the idea of having all my hours to myself: eating a Fudge Sundae, watching a movie, sleeping on my couch, singing in the bathroom, studying the woods, kidding around with a girl, playing cards lazily - all kinds of stuff that American brands 'shiftless.'

I don't spend too much time just kicking back.

As I have gotten older, I've discovered the joys of being lazy.

As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immediate parent.

When not working, my days are lazy.

I long to be out in the sun with no work to be done.

The hardest work of all - doing nothing.

We seldom enjoy leisure we haven't earned.

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

Relaxing, going on vacation, sleeping, having fun when I want, golfing when I want, do whatever I want - I am going to enjoy it.

It would be glorious to see mankind at leisure for once. It is nothing but work, work, work.

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

Sunday is a day of rest. Loafing is not rest.

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.

O gift of God! O perfect day: Whereon shall no man work, but play; Whereon it is enough for me, Not to be doing, but to be!

You see. . . it's really quite strenuous doing nothing all day, so once a week we take a holiday and go nowhere, which was just where we were going when you came along. Would you care to join us?

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

Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.

My girlfriend is much better than I am at working hard then resting, and she demands that from me, too. She insists on having time when we don't do anything. We leave the housework and watch a movie.

I don't think about tennis 24/7. I enjoy time on the lake at my Florida home and just being lazy on the sofa.

I didn't work hard to sit down and not work.

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

I'm interested in playing, not working.