Boring people don't know they're boring. That's the problem with boring people. — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
Boredom ... causes us to neglect more duties than does interest. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Life wore a man out, wore a man thin. Tomorrow would be a better day.” — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Boredom is often the cause of promiscuity, and always its result. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Boredom is what happens to people who have no control over their minds. — Rebecca Stead Copy Share Image
“Dear God, what's it like in your funny little brains? It must be so boring.” — Sherlock Copy Share Image
“No child, still less a foetus, has ever mastered the art of small talk, or would ever want to. It’s an adult… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
“People who understands how to convert their time into useful products do not complain of boredom.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
I have no tolerance for boredom. I spend so many hours in the office, and I still love it. — Francisco Costa Copy Share Image
And I, stepping from this skin Of old bandages, boredoms, old faces Step to you from the black car of Lethe, Pure… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
Alcohol and marijuana, if used in moderation, plus loud, usually low-class music, make stress and boredom infinitely more bearable. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“People fear nothing as much as boredom and they will do unimaginable things to make it go away.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Emptiness and boredom: what a complete understatement. What I felt was complete desolation. Desolation, despair and boredom. — Susanna Kaysen Copy Share Image
Turning fifty ... is like flying: hours of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
And yes, to answer you seriously, I am beginning to be... well, not bored, but tempted; afraid, but tempted. When you've been… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
Boredom is an instrument of social control. Power is the power to impose boredom, to command stasis, to combine this stasis with… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
Boredom is the most sublime of all human emotions because it expresses the fact that the human spirit, in a certain sense,… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
If you want to cure boredom, be curious. If you're curious, nothing is a chore; it's automatic - you want to study.… — Tony Robbins 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
The world is eaten up by boredom. You can't see it all at once. It is like dust. You go about and… — Georges Bernanos 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
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
Society expects man to be a passive social animal who believes like the People of the Field in "Jurgen" that "to do… — Abraham Myerson Copy Share Image
To the non-combatants and those on the periphery of action, the war meant only boredom or occasional excitement, but to those who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The miracle of order has run out and I am left in an unmiraculous city where anything may happen. I don’t need… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
Downtime is where we become ourselves, looking into the middle distance, kicking at the curb, lying on the grass or sitting on… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“People in the modern world are the most bored generation. They keep refreshing their Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages to see if… — Awdhesh Singh Copy Share Image
“- What do you expect? Think we were sent into the world to have a soft time and what is it? Float… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
Storytelling is an act of cruelty. We are cruel to our characters because to be kind is to invite boredom, and boredom… — Chuck Wendig 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
