“Idleness for me is not a giving up on life but a spirited grabbing hold of it.”

“Paradoxically, to be truly idle, you also have to be efficient.”

“It will soon be difficult to put up a shelf without a degree in shelf putting up.”

“In a world where you are constantly asked to be 'committed,' it is liberating to give yourself the license to be a dilettante. Commit to nothing. Try everything.”

“Life is becoming no more than staring at the screen.”

“...[W]e should be mucking about all the time, because mucking about is enjoying life for its own sake, now, and not in preparation for an imaginary future. It's obvious that the mirth-filled man, the cheerful soul, the childish adult is the one who has least to fear from life.”

“Labour-saving devices just make us try to cram more pointless activities into each day, rather than doing the important thing, which is to enjoy our life.”