Idle State

Famous quotes containing the words idle and/or state:

“Interred beneath this marble stone
Lie Saunt’ring Jack and Idle Joan.”
—Matthew Prior (1664–1721)

“The superficiality of the American is the result of his hustling. It needs leisure to think things out; it needs leisure to mature. People in a hurry cannot think, cannot grow, nor can they decay. They are preserved in a state of perpetual puerility.”
—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)