Those who are idle are the ones that are most likely to put a high value on their idleness something that lessens the social value of their new employment.

FORBES: Can We Spend Ourselves From Recession To Prosperity?

With the idleness known only to childless couples on vacation, we'd squandered humid hours trying out vintage saxophones in the unventilated antique stores of a Hudson River town.

NPR: Summer Soups: A Cool Quartet

Early in the Tour, Wiggins raged about anonymous skeptics on Twitter, chiding them for "bone-idleness, " but later in the race he wrote a piece in The Guardian in which he described his cycling ascension and his rejection of performance-enhancing drugs.

WSJ: Tour de France: The Brits Rule World of Wheels - Bradley Wiggins

On Saturday, Mr Clegg will be paying homage to the left of his party, the social democratic group Social Liberal Forum, when he delivers the annual Beveridge lecture on the "five giant evils" - squalor, ignorance, want, idleness and disease.

BBC: A tough end to a tough week for Nick Clegg

The good news is that, having largely won the battle against idleness and dependency, America is now in a much better position to attack poverty head on.

ECONOMIST: Helping the poor