“Writing is a defence against boredom, but it's also a cure for melancholy.” — Bohumil Hrabal Copy Share Image
People with a high tolerance for boredom can get a lot of thinking done. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I have often thought that when I do die it will be of sheer boredom... — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Men become utilitarian out of fear of the alternative the chaos of tangled or tepid desires, of rootlessness and boredom. — John Carroll Copy Share Image
To fool a judge, feign fascination, but to bamboozle the whole court, feign boredom. — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
If whites bored me, it was because they bored themselves. They seemed to get little fun out of life and were desperately… — Ethel Waters Copy Share Image
Escape from boredom is one of the really powerful desires of almost all human beings. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself. — Gerald Brenan Copy Share Image
“Summer had a way of being full of fun and things to do and plenty of times of doing nothing and feeling… — Sofi Benitez Copy Share Image
In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. — Richard Bach 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
People can insert thoughts into your mind. This is more dangerous for psychic people. Use concentration exercises and read to combat this;… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In medieval times, if someone displayed the symptoms we now identify as boredom, that person was thought to be committing something called… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
“...I remember a rainy, depressing afternoon when she remarked 'What a pity we can't make love, there's nothing else to do,' and… — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
Punk was a protest against work and against boredom. It was a sign of life, a rant, a scream, a rejection of… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
“Shabelsky: I'd go into the flames of hell, into the jaws of the crocodile, just so as not to stay here. I… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
“Loneliness tortures many if not most of the elderly more intensely and more frequently than it torments many if not most of… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Really, these wizards! You'd think no one had ever had a cold before! Well, what is it?" she asked, hobbling through the… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
Novels are forged in passion, demand fidelity and commitment, often drive you to boredom or rage, sleep with you at night. They… — David Leavitt Copy Share Image
“The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an… — Kate Anderson Copy Share Image
My CIA colleagues were smart, dedicated, funny, and creative. Yes, there was sometimes stifling bureaucracy, boredom, colleagues who never should have been… — Valerie Plame Copy Share Image
It is remarkable, in cats, that the outer life they reveal to their master is one of perpetual confident boredom. All they… — Robley Wilson 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
I stared into her eyes, wide under the thick fringe of lashes, and yearned for sleep. Not for oblivion, as I had… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
One source of frustration in the workplace is the frequent mismatch between what people must do and what people can do. When… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
“A zoologist who observed gorillas in their native habitat was amazed by the uniformity of their life and their vast idleness. Hours… — E. M. Cioran Copy Share Image
