Ennui is the disease of hearts without feeling, and of minds without resources. — Madame Roland Copy Share Image
“I should think a dead language would be rather boring, socially speaking.” — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Many people, especially women, never experience boredom because they have never learned to work properly. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
If you really want a life which has no boredom in it, drop all masks, be true. Sometimes it will be difficult,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
They all went down in droves because just scenes of palm trees and beaches can get pretty boring. — James MacArthur Copy Share Image
The main thing I got from growing up in a suburb is the boredom you have as a child. — Alia Shawkat Copy Share Image
The war between being and nothingness is the underlying illness of the twentieth century. Boredom slays more of existence than war. — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
Boredom is the biggest problem. The same position. Same day of the week. It becomes boring when you don't bring any added… — Ruth Westheimer Copy Share Image
“Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Life is first boredom, then fear. Whether or not we use it, it goes, And leaves what something hidden from us chose,… — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
Ambition will take you And ride you too far and Conservatism bring you to boredom once more Sit down by the river… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pendants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One thing I don't understand is that average American movie-goers cannot watch a movie for three hours, yet they'll watch a stupid,… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
“There was never anything wrong with my life. Perhaps that was the problem... The crack in my life was the fact that… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
Jonathan Seagull discovered that boredom and fear and anger are the reasons that a gull's life is so short, and with those… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty - his excessive freedom. He accepts… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Norman Mailer described the desire to be cool as a "decision to encourage the psychopath in oneself, to explore that domain of… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Desire can come from boredom, and it can come from fantasizing and thinking. But when you have all the answers in front… — Taylor Russell Copy Share Image
...boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson in your life--...the lesson of your… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
“Boredom is a flight from what is important. Like workaholism and perfectionism, it is a way of distracting yourself from inner experiences.… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
“To put this more concretely: If every moment of potential boredom in your life—say, having to wait five minutes in line or… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
Advertising doesn't cause addictions. But it does create a climate of denial and it contributes mightily to a belief in the quick… — Jean Kilbourne Copy Share Image
“Back then I didn't know that Ior anyonecould make a life out of boyfriends and literature. As far as I could see,… — Susanna Kaysen Copy Share Image
It's that time of the year... No, not winter. It's the time for exams, and in order to pass I have to… — Ramandeep Singh Copy Share Image
The Western Idea of practice is to acquire a skill. It is very much related to your work ethic, which enjoins us… — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
The so-called transcendental meditation is nothing but a psychological tranquilizer. It is nothing—just a tranquilizer. It helps, but it is good for… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Adrenalin dispels boredom. Run, you sufferers from ennui! Run for your lives! — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Audience boredom is usually a content failure, not a decoration failure. — Edward Tufte Copy Share Image
“Dear God, what's it like in your funny little brains? It must be so boring.” — Sherlock Copy Share Image
Boredom is what happens to people who have no control over their minds. — Rebecca Stead Copy Share Image
