Tom Hodgkinson Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“You can become very serious as a parent. That's got to be fought against.”

“Deleting 200 spams a day is a drag. And I was checking my email constantly, rather than getting on with my real work, which is reading and writing. Email was becoming a distraction, a burden rather than a liberation.”

“Embrace the faff. Stare out of the window. Bend paperclips. Stand in the middle of the room trying to remember what you came downstairs for. Pace. Drum your fingertips. Move papers around. Hum. Look at the garden.”

“I originally welcomed the mobile phone, as it seemed to me that it would enable you to work from anywhere. On the mobile, who was to know if you were sitting on the branch of a tree or sitting in an office? But it instead had the opposite effect: instead of freeing us from the office, it allowed the office to take away our freedom.”

“If your work is done on the phone, then surely you can set up some kind of wireless system. If your work involves reading or writing reports, then this too could be done outside.”

“It takes a while to master the art of hammock-lounging. At first I could only manage five minutes or so before I thought I ought to get out and go and help a child learn how to swim or something. But after observing the Mexicans' capability for staring into space for hours on end, I decided to put in some proper practice.”

“If we are to make life into a pleasure rather than a struggle, then I would suggest that we have to start with our own mental attitudes.”

“In this age of getting what you want and getting it now, the simple pleasure of browsing is often forgotten.”

“Travelling fills me with dread.”

“Whether you live in the city or in the country, creating time for a leisurely ramble is an easy thing to do.”