Russell Lynes Quotes

I don't understand the joy of sitting in my house with nothing to do.

To be successful, you need leisure. You need time hanging heavily on your hands.

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

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

Don't get me wrong - I like to rest a little bit. But I don't do well with downtime.

Believe it or not, I'm pretty good at just doing nothing.

When I have time off, all I want to do is do nothing.

That the Devil finds work for idle hands to do is probably true. But there is a profound difference between leisure and idleness.

Who has never killed an hour?

Sometimes I get kind of bored if I go like a month or so and I'm not doing anything. At first I'm like, 'Cool, I'll have a little time off and I'll get to hang out with friends,' but then after a little while goes by I'm like, 'Oh,' and I really wish that I could go back and start doing work again.

I don't mind playing or watching a movie or sitting down.

I've never understood activity holidays since we seem to have far too much activity in our daily lives as it is. Find a culture where loafing is the order of the day and where they don't understand our need to be constantly doing things. Find somewhere you can have a hammock holiday.

I am having a good time doing nothing.

I don't know how to get bored. I need to learn to rest.

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.

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

I'm not a fan of idleness, except in small doses.

He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing.

I enjoy doing nothing.

I hate vacations. There's nothing to do.

During the downtime on tour, I simply walk from room to room, staring into my computer.

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

I like to do nothing.

I love doing just nothing in my free time.