“A bouquet yellow like remorse Hurts my view The cage The wheel The vile ennui of all mankind And no one no… — Hélène Baronne d’Oettingen Copy Share Image
“Boredom is a sign that you're detached from your own bodily experience and aren't living in the present moment.” — Georg Feuerstein Copy Share Image
The worst thing in life is boredom. When people don't know what to do with themselves, they are very, very poor. — Alice Herz-Sommer Copy Share Image
“miles an hour. You and your beakers, your clipboards, your briefcase. You and your boring stories” — Matthew Thomas Copy Share Image
“Faith gives you a concept of the dignity and worth of all work, even simple work, without which work could bore you.” — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The Postmodernists' tyranny wears people down by boredom and semi-literate prose. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
My way of thinking is that if you plan everything your life will be boring and who wants a boring life. Live… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Bored because you have nothing to do? Try to find something that is not there, it will keep you busy for a… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Strange new problems are being reported in the growing generations of children whose mothers were always there, driving them around, helping them… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
This artifact dates back to prehysterical times where humans did nothing but stare at each other all day. That's very boring. So… — The Little Mermaid Copy Share Image
“There are long stretches of the work [Paradise Lost] that are for anyone not theologically minded sheer howling boredom from the point… — Marco Mincoff Copy Share Image
To 'know your place' is a good idea in politics. That is not to say 'stay in your place' or 'hang on… — William Safire Copy Share Image
Since boredom advances and boredom is the root of all evil, no wonder, then, that the world goes backwards, that evil spreads.… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“Didn't you tell me smoking ruined your stamina as a boxer? ... Ruined is a strong word, I'd say. ... It helps… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
The few love affairs which had come my way had been rather silly and sordid. They had not revealed the possibilities of… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
People sometimes tell me that they prefer barbarism to civilisation. I doubt if they have given it a long enough trial. Like… — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
“The only thing that consoles us for our miseries is diversion. And yet it is the greatest of our miseries. For it… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“I'm never bored. That's the trouble with everybody -- you're all so bored. You've 'ad nature explained to you and you're bored… — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
Hours and hours passed, with nothing to do but keep the compass on its course and the plane on a level keel.… — Amy Johnson Copy Share Image
it is only on posters and in advertisement pages that Americans have those chubby cheeks, expanding smiles, smooth looks, and faces flushed… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Climate definitely interests the climate crowd at some science magazines, talks or blogs. Some blogs are amazing. They will post one comment… — Randy Olson Copy Share Image
“From the time I arrived in British East Africa at the indifferent age of four and went through the barefoot stage of… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
But some natives--most natives in the world--cannot go anywhere. They are too poor. They are too poor to go anywhere. They are… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
Build pockets of stillness into your life. Meditate. Go for walks. Ride your bike going nowhere in particular. There is a creative… — Maria Popova Copy Share Image