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Loafing Quotes

James Norman Hall quote: "Loafing is the most productive part of a writer's life."
Loafing is the most productive part of a writer's life. James Norman Hall
Loafe with me on the grass—loose the stop from your throat; Not words, not music or rhyme I want—not custom or lecture, not even the best; Only the lull I like, the hum of your valved voice. Walt Whitman
Having passed through the Wall," the expendable asked Loaf and Olivenko, "you returned into it in order to retrieve this boy?"Olivenko and Loaf answered simultaneously."We're soldiers," said Loaf."He's our friend," said Olivenko. Orson Scott Card
Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf; is better than a whole loaf. Gilbert K. Chesterton
If you've got a dollar and you spend 29 cents on a loaf of bread, you've got 71 cents left; But if you've got seventeen grand and you spend 29 cents on a loaf of bread, you've still got seventeen grand. There's a math lesson for you. Steve Martin
A dollar for a human bought a loaf of bread that was eaten in a few bites. The same dollar for Wee Mad Arthur bought the same-sized loaf, but it was food for a week and could then be further hollowed out ans used as a bedroom. Terry Prachett
He remembered that right after that, he had stolen a loaf of bread from a delicatessen counter and had taken it home and devoured it, feeling that the world owed a loaf of bread to him, and more. Patricia Highsmith
Because bread was so important, the laws governing its purity were strict and the punishment severe. A baker who cheated his customers could be fined 10 per loaf sold, or made to do a month's hard labor in prison. For a time, transportation to Australia was seriously considered for malfeasant bakers. This was a matter of real concern for bakers because every loaf of bread loses weight in baking through evaporation, so it is easy to blunder accidentally. For that reason, bakers sometimes... Bill Bryson
Erma Bombeck quote: "The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming..."
The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one. Erma Bombeck
James Thurber quote: "It is better to have loafed and lost, than never to have..."
It is better to have loafed and lost, than never to have loafed at all. James Thurber
I don't know what it is about food your mother makes for you, especially when it's something that anyone can make - pancakes, meat loaf, tuna salad - but it carries a certain taste of memory. Mitch Albom
Walt Whitman quote: "I lean and loaf at my ease... observing a spear of summer grass."
I lean and loaf at my ease... observing a spear of summer grass. Walt Whitman
Jack London quote: "Don't loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a..."
Don't loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club. Jack London
LET'S GIVE THE WORLD TO THE CHILDRENLet's give the world to the children just for one daylike a balloon in bright and striking colours to play withlet them play singing among the starslet's give the world to the childrenlike a huge apple like a warm loaf of breadat least for one day let them have enoughlet's give the world to the childrenat least for one day let the world learn friendshipchildren will get the world from our handsthey'll plant immortal trees Nazim Hikmet
I think the most joyous thing in life is to loaf around and watch another bloke do a job of work. Look how popular are the men who dig up London with electric drills. Duke's son, cook's son, son of a hundred kings, people will stand there for hours on end, ear drums splitting. Why? Simply for the pleasure of being idle while watching other people work. Dorothy L. Sayers

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