Idle Quotes

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

To such idle talk it might further be added: that whenever a certain exclusive occupation is coupled with specific shortcomings, it is likewise almost certainly divorced from certain other shortcomings.

For Satan always finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.

Curiosity is idle only to those who fail to realize that it may be a very rare and indispensable thing.

If I'm alone too long I think too much, and I'm not interested in doing that. That won't lead anywhere good, I'm sure. If I'm busy I tend to stay out of trouble. An idle mind is the devil's playground.

We have to remember that Dr. King was not an idle dreamer. Dr. King was a man of action. If Dr. King were here, he would challenge us and exhort us.