To escape boredom, man works either beyond what his usual needs require, or else he invents play, that is, work that is… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Many people try to avoid pressure, yet the absence of any tension or pressure usually creates a sense of boredom and the… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don't have to stay that way. — Hedy Lamarr Copy Share Image
Americans don’t want drama, especially good drama, they just want their boredom killed. — Paddy Chayefsky Copy Share Image
People collect boredom, they hoard it, they wallow in it, hoping that one day it'll be of interest and become an effete… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
“Never believe a friend who offered you his friendship just because he was getting bored.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Boredom forces you to ring people you haven’t seen for eighteen years and halfway through the conversation you remember why you left… — Jeremy Clarkson Copy Share Image
We're no longer bored - in fact we're petrified of being alone with ourselves getting bored. Yet boredom is the foundation for… — Martin Lindstrom Copy Share Image
Longevity is something I never gave a second thought to. I guess it's the shadow of growing up in post WWII, but… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
Don't try to 'fix' the child's boredom - rather, let the child find his or her inner resources. — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
Flying is hours and hours of boredom sprinkled with a few seconds of sheer terror. — Pappy Boyington Copy Share Image
No man ever dared to manifest his boredom so insolently as does a Siamese tomcat when he yawns in the face of… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“And yes, life is mostly boring, and we each go through it feeling ugly or like a failure, but sometimes the sun… — J. Andrew Schrecker Copy Share Image
These are the Seven Deadly Sins: Avarice, Envy, Pride, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, Sloth. These are the seven deadly sins: venality, paranoia, insecurity,… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
Boredom has to be the most life sapping, mental disease you can be afflicted with.The most accurate definition of boredom I have… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
We come from a long line of people who live to read boring texts – I think it may be why we… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“I went on writing reviews for the newspaper, and critical articles crying out for a different approach to culture, as even the… — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
If the world were a paradise of luxury and ease, a land flowing with milk and honey, where every Jack obtained his… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
People with a high tolerance for boredom can get a lot of thinking done. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
