... except in the eyes of a few fanatics (untrustworthy as all lovers) an unmitigated expanse of water is dull even when… — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
I finally overcame my phobia, and now I approach flying with a sort of studied boredom - a learned habit, thanks to… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
That awkward moment when it's Spring Break and you're sitting at home on Twitter. — Anonymous 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
Only now do I understand the war against boredom, the lost cause of empty hours, of empty days and nights. — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“I have no more than twenty acres of ground," he replied, "the whole of which I cultivate myself with the help of… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The Postmodernists' tyranny wears people down by boredom and semi-literate prose. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
My greatest discovery has been my love of boredom and to get fun out of it. — Julien Torma Copy Share Image
The world, this palpable world, which we were wont to treat with the boredom and disrespect with which we habitually regard places… — Anonymous 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 reason we'd stopped was that the buffet car was on fire, that was the reason we stopped. One of the giant… — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
Boredom is the consciousness of repetition. Because animals cannot remember the past, they cannot feel bored. They cannot remember the past, so… — Rajneesh 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
“Court life for a queen of France at that time was, however, stultifyingly routine. Eleanor found that she was expected to be… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
Boredom dismantles the mind, renders it superficial, out at the seams, saps it from within and dislocates it. — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
As I inched sluggishly along the treadmill of the Maycomb County school system, I could not help receiving the impression that I… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
