“Perhaps boredom was an irrelevant concept for a life as monotonous as hers.” — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
“Intellectuals suck, Nathan. They are the most boring people in the world.” — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“Worry is like a rocking chair-it keeps you busy but gets you nowhere.” — Katie Dale Copy Share Image
People of Wealth and the so called upper class suffer the most from boredom. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Three-quarters of a soldier's life is spent in aimlessly waiting about. — Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy Copy Share Image
My girlfriend's packed her bags and moved out to another town, she couldn't stand the boredom when the video broke down. — Ray Davies Copy Share Image
“HUMAN BEINGS MAKE LIFE SO INTERESTING. DO YOU KNOW, THAT IN A UNIVERSE SO FULL OF WONDERS, THEY HAVE MANAGED TO INVENT… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“As a subconscious attempt to add meaning or purpose to their life: The unemployed pray for a job; the retired pray for… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“The life of an adventurer appeared to consist of roughly six parts boredom to one part stark terror, or so it seemed… — Jim C. Hines Copy Share Image
I'm bored -> Look at my phone -> No text? Check my twitter -> No mention? Check my Facebook -> No notification?… — OhItsVynn Copy Share Image
Although I did admire David Foster Wallace's final unfinished novel about boredom, I'm no DFW, and I want my books to be… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
Variety is more than a means of avoiding boredom, since art is more than an entertainment of the senses. — Rudolf Arnheim Copy Share Image
“The pleasure we found in working together made us exceptionally patient; it is much easier to strive for perfection when you are… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“Boredom is a symptom of a conditioned and closed mind. If you are bored, you’re doing yourself a tremendous disservice. Open your… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
I grew up in Le Mars, Iowa, and even though it's a great place to grow up and be raised as a… — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
Ennui, the demon, waited at the threshold of his noiseless refuge, and drove away the stirring hopes and enlivening expectations, which form… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Copy Share Image
For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men’s blood: I… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Boredom, a certain kind of boredom, is really impatience. You don't like the way things are, they aren't interesting enough for you,… — Eric Weiner Copy Share Image
Maybe you reach a certain point in evolution where boredom is the greatest threat to your survival. Maybe this isn't a planetary… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
Smooth roads are boring; hard roads are hurting! Through boredom, you learn nothing and you get nothing; through hurt, you learn many… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
“Because we don't know yet how to act without an outer reason, we discover that we don't know what to do with… — Anthony Bloom Copy Share Image
In your life’s journey, there will be excitement and fulfillment, boredom and routine, and even the occasional train wreck… But when you… — Pamela Melroy Copy Share Image
“Soon, what was tedious was everything. 'Beautiful things, they're so tedious! Paintings, they're enough to drive you mad...How right you are, it's… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“Abaratians are very much about living in the moment; living life because that's what we've got, we've got today, we've got now,… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
...the number one reason knitters knit is because they are so smart that they need knitting to make boring things interesting. Knitters… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
I’m very interested in sublimation. I love the way Francis Bacon talked about the grin without the cat, the sensation without the… — Cecily Brown Copy Share Image
...boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson in your life--...the lesson of your… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
“Boredom is a flight from what is important. Like workaholism and perfectionism, it is a way of distracting yourself from inner experiences.… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
Advertising doesn't cause addictions. But it does create a climate of denial and it contributes mightily to a belief in the quick… — Jean Kilbourne Copy Share Image
