As a Jew I cannot sit idle while genocidal atrocities continue to unfold in Darfur, Sudan. – Jan Schakowsky
To such idle talk it might further be added: that whenever a certain exclusive occupation is coupled with specific shortcomings, it is likewise almost certainly divorced from certain other shortcomings. – Carl Friedrich Gauss
As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence. – Benjamin Franklin
And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone. – The Bible 1 Thessalonians 5:14
How these curiosities would be quite forgot, did not such idle fellowes as I put them down. – John Aubrey
As much pains were taken to make me idle as were ever taken to make me studious. – William Wilberforce