Variety is more than a means of avoiding boredom, since art is more than an entertainment of the senses. — Rudolf Arnheim Copy Share Image
Deep attention, the cognitive style traditionally associated with the humanities, is characterized by concentrating on a single object for long periods (say,… — N. Katherine Hayles Copy Share Image
A lot of the things that bore adults don't bore children, and people forget that. In some ways, boredom is a projection… — Alissa Quart Copy Share Image
People who have escaped from poverty are like old soldiers. In later years they recount the little, amusing incidents that happened infrequently,… — Elsa Maxwell Copy Share Image
Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less than… — Frederick Buechner 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
Filming is like a long air journey: there's so much hanging around and boredom that they keep giving you food. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
Conversationis like the table of contents of a dull book.... All the greatest subjects of human thought are proudly displayedin it. Listen… — Stendhal Copy Share Image
The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom. — Guy de Maupassant Copy Share Image
The biggest bore is the person who is bored by everyone and everything. — Frank Tyger Copy Share Image
I spent a fair amount of time in Communist Poland when I was young - my wife was from there - and… — Lawrence Osborne Copy Share Image
One road to happiness is to cultivate curiosity about everything. Not only about people but about subjects, not only about the arts… — Gerald Brenan Copy Share Image
We know what boredom is: it is a dull Impatience or a fierce velleity, A champing wish, stalled by our lassitude, To… — Richard Wilbur Copy Share Image
Humans struggle to remain attuned to one another - they want to turn away because of fear, or ambition, or boredom, or… — C.E. Morgan Copy Share Image
Audacious ribald: your laughter will finish in hideous boredom before morning. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Don't be afraid to let yourself get bored because some of the most amazing things are created through boredom. — Rachel Hamilton Copy Share Image
I have studiously tried to avoid ever using the word 'madness' to describe my condition. Now and again, the word slips out,… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
The one thing for an actor that is complete death is if you're bored, because that boredom will show in your work. — Benjamin Bratt Copy Share Image
“It was hard to listen to her all the time without getting to say anything back” — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I really think I write about everyday life. I don't think I'm quite as odd as others say I am. Life is… — Edward Gorey Copy Share Image
the calm of a place like Bellwood is the peace of death without the hope of resurrection. — Mary Roberts Rinehart Copy Share Image
I always liked routine. I suppose I never found boredom very boring. I doubted I could explain it to someone like Margo… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Boredom is restlessness of the soul. It is an internal message reminding you that you're better than the stagnancy you've settled for.” — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
