Tom Hodgkinson

Truly, the bench is a boon to idlers. Whoever first came up with the idea is a genius: free public resting places where you can take time out from the bustle and brouhaha of the city, and simply sit and watch and reflect.

British Writer

Remy de Gourmont

Industry has operated against the artisan in favor of the idler, and also in favor of capital and against labor. Any mechanical invention whatsoever has been more harmful to humanity than a century of war.

French Novelist

William Congreve

Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of 'em: wit be my faculty, and pleasure my occupation, and let father Time shake his glass.

English Poet

I suddenly realised, hey, I'm not a lazy idiot, I'm an idler! It's something to aspire to, it's part of the creative process! That's fantastic!

Arthur Conan Doyle

London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.

Persius

Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform, and mortal men lay hold on heaven.

Italian Poet

Andrew Young

Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fool reform, and mortal men lay hold on heaven.

American Clergyman

Karl Marx

Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.

German Philosopher

All poets are idlers, even if all idlers are not poets.

Edward Young

Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform.

'Idler' has a negative tone, suggesting laziness or lack of purpose.

Negative Connotation

Use 'idler' informally when speaking about someone who is not productive.

Informal Usage

Be cautious with 'idler'; it can be offensive if used to directly label someone.

Avoid Insult

'Idler' in engineering refers to a specific part with no implication of laziness.

Technical Context

Despite its name, an 'idler' has important functions in machinery.

Functional Importance

Don't be misled by 'idler'—the device is not idle; it transfers motion.

Misleading Name

 was going to die right then and right there and I then had the next fuel and I had was this strange acceptance that life was about to end and then this fight-or-flight instinct came on and I had no chance to flee so I fought and I pulled out my absolute best jujitsu moves that idler