“How shall I abide In this dull world, which in thy absence is No better than a sty?” — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
With the truth so dull and depressing, the only working alternative is wild bursts of madness and filigree. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Worried about being a dull fellow? You might develop your talent for being irritating. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Perhaps it would really be rather dull to be married and settled for life. Liar! It would be heaven. — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
It is to beoted that when any part of this paper appears dull there is a design in it. — Richard Steele Copy Share Image
It was almost like fear, in the way it filled me, rising in my chest. It was almost like tears, in how… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
Dull indeed would be the man that did not feel the thrill awakened by the first glimpse of brilliant color in the… — Arthur Cleveland Bent Copy Share Image
Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying. — J. Paul Getty Copy Share Image
I thought my mountain was coming this morning. It was near to speaking when suddenly it shifted, sulked, and returned to smallness.… — Emily Carr Copy Share Image
O, pleasant is the welcome kiss When day's dull round is o'er; And sweet the music of the step That meets us… — Joseph Rodman Drake Copy Share Image
“His eyes had something dull about them, expressionless, the bored look of a mediocre intelligence that wrongly supposes it has “seen it… — Herman Koch Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I wonder where my place in this town called 'Hollywood' is - and that can give you a really dull headache. — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
What is a diary as a rule? A document useful to the person who keeps it. Dull to the contemporary who reads… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
As people get older they have these rigid patterns that they impose on themselves, and it kills them. They become dull, they… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
The language itself is what gets me interested in writing. It's weird to me that words exist. Never a dull moment with… — Aaron Belz Copy Share Image
Being a fan of authentic Dada, I find today's art - what I call 'Bankers' Dada' - mind-numbingly dull. The most challenging… — Billy Childish Copy Share Image
A thrumming of piano-strings beyond the gardens and through the elms. At length the melody steals into my being. I know not… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Reject without regret whatever seems on reflection wrongheaded, dull, destructive, or irrelevant to your vision. It’s just as important to be able… — Janet Burroway Copy Share Image
Most of life is so dull it is not worth discussing, and it is dull at all ages. When we change our… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
You have only 30 seconds in a TV commercial. If you grab attention in the first frame with a visual surprise, you… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
Skill alone cannot teach or produce a great short story, which condenses the obsession of the creature; it is a hallucinatory presence… — Julio Cortazar Copy Share Image
Then to Silvia let us sing that Silvia is excelling. She excels each mortal thing upon the dull earth dwelling. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Like a dull actor now, I have forgot my part, and I am out, Even to a full disgrace. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
If there is no dull and determined effort, there will be no brilliant achievement. — Xunzi Copy Share Image
Why not? Life is short, life is dull, life is full of pain - and this is a chance for something special. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Early to bed and early to rise makes a person dull, boring, and despised. — Ernie J Zelinski Copy Share Image
If you do not act on a suggestion at first, you grow dull to its message. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
I am writing a book about the Crusades so dull that I can scarcely write it. — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
“The Daniel, the third poem of the MS., is SO dull that it is no matter who wrote it or when it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The artist's job? To be a miracle worker: make the blind see, the dull feel, the dead to live. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
