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
“In consequence, when the pleasures have been removed which busy people derive from their actual activities, the mind cannot endure the house,… — Seneca Copy Share Image
Hard work never killed a man. Men die of boredom, psychological conflict, and disease. They do not die of hard work. — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
One would expect boredom to be a great yawning emotion, but it isn't, of course. It's a small niggling thing. — Josephine Tey Copy Share Image
Levity is the lubricant of a crisis. We resort to jokes, pranks and good natured kidding to relieve tension, stress and boredom. — Wally Schirra 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
We may agree, for example, that our societies must provide greater security for the individual; yet if all we succeed in producing… — Robert Ardrey Copy Share Image
A bit of theory as we settle down for lunch: the waiter's treatment of Kitty is actually a kind of sandwich, with… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
In a strange way, I feel like we need to cultivate more boredom in our lives: like, boredom needs to be okay… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
As for America, it is the ideal fruit of all your youthful hopes and reforms. Everybody is fairly decent, respectable, domestic, bourgeois,… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
Boredom is my worst enemy. It's killed a lot of my friends, but it won't get me. When I get bored, I… — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
“Boredom is fear's patience. Fear doesn't want to exaggerate. Only on occasion--and fear considers this very important--does it want to know how… — Herta Müller Copy Share Image
“People these days can’t seem to tolerate one moment without entertainment!” — Samuel A. Aykroyd Copy Share Image
“Philip Yancey sees our blasé attitude toward the faithfulness of God in the waitstaff At Yellowstone. Even when they are finished their… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“Boredom is probably more frequent and more tormenting if you do not have sight or hands.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Let us not hesitate to surrender to our desire and our passion for joy when we are willing to be reborn from… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
Our only competition in the theater is boredom, because if I'm bored with a play, if I'm revolted by a play on… — Jerome Lawrence Copy Share Image
All things here appear to me to trudge on in one and the same round: we rise in the morning that we… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Vanity, revenge, loneliness, boredom, all apply: lust is one of the least of the reasons for promiscuity. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
“Successful people who don't know what to do with their recent success get quickly bored with it.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Im a big believer in boredom. Boredom allows one to indulge in curiosity and out of curiosity comes everything. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
