Quotes by Tom Hodgkinson

Explore a curated collection of 17 quotes by Tom Hodgkinson. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

Idleness for me is not a giving up on life but a spirited grabbing hold of it. — Tom Hodgkinson
Labour-saving devices just make us try to cram more pointless activities into each day, rather than doing the important — Tom Hodgkinson
A conclusion I’ve come to at the Idler is that it starts with retreating from work but it’s really about making work int — Tom Hodgkinson
Sensible people advise against drinking on an empty stomach, but to my mind it is the best sort of drinking. — Tom Hodgkinson
What is required as we travel towards full unemployment is not new legislation but a gradual change of mental attitude, — Tom Hodgkinson
Computers tend to separate us from each other - Mum's on the laptop, Dad's on the iPad, teenagers are on Facebook, toddl — Tom Hodgkinson
We no longer sing and dance. We don't know how to. Instead, we watch other people sing and dance on the television scree — Tom Hodgkinson
Festivals are fun for kids, fun for parents and offer a welcome break from the stresses of the nuclear family. The sheer — Tom Hodgkinson
Being lazy does not mean that you do not create. In fact, lying around doing nothing is an important, nay crucial, part — Tom Hodgkinson
Laziness works. And the simple way to incorporate its health benefits into your life is simply to take a nap. — Tom Hodgkinson
Beauty, pleasure, freedom and plenty of sleep: these are the hallmarks of a successful idler's break. Travel should not — Tom Hodgkinson
One of the least arduous but most productive of gardening jobs, the magic of deadheading never fails to delight me. It w — Tom Hodgkinson
I could happily lean on a gate all the livelong day, chatting to passers-by about the wind and the rain. I do a lot of g — Tom Hodgkinson
All of our technology is completely unnecessary to a happy life. — Tom Hodgkinson
We have to wonder whether digital technology, rather than making it easier to communicate, is actually doing the opposit — Tom Hodgkinson
Poetry, being supremely useless, by its very existence represents a protest against the so-called 'real world' of busy-n — Tom Hodgkinson
Long weekends at festivals, short weeks at home, all summer long: now that is surely preferable to the immense cost and — Tom Hodgkinson