Boredom Quotes

698 Boredom quotes by 498 unique authors

You need to let the little things that would ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you. — Andy Warhol
There are six reasons anyone does anything: Love. Faith. Greed. Boredom. Fear..." he said, ticking them off on his fingers; but he lingered on the… — Ally Carter
One source of frustration in the workplace is the frequent mismatch between what people must do and what people can do. When what they must… — Daniel H. Pink
My men have suffered greatly (from boredom), much blood has been shed (by mosquitoes), and I have swung my ax mightily (chopping firewood). Surely we… — Seth Grahame-Smith
Emptiness and boredom: what an understatement. What I felt was complete desolation. Desolation, despair, and depression. Isn't there some other way to look at this?… — Susanna Kaysen
He was prepared to die for it, as one of Baudelaire's dandies might have been prepared to kill himself in order to preserve himself in… — Angela Carter
In a world where thrushes sing and willow trees are golden in the spring, boredom should have been included among the seven deadly sins. — Elizabeth Goudge
But I know too that if we ever make a world without shadow, if the chemists and scientists and psychologists succeed in abolishing fear, pain,… — MacDonald Harris
There's something dangerous about the boredom of teenage girls. — Megan Abbott
Boredom is what happens to people who have no control over their minds. — Rebecca Stead
My life is a black hole of boredom and despair." "So basically you've been doing homework." "Like I said, black hole. — Kiersten White
Banality is like boredom: bored people are boring people, people who think that things are banal are themselves banal. Interesting people can find something interesting… — Idries Shah
You've eased my boredom for quite a while, haven't you? -Ryuk — Tsugumi Ohba
Give me boredom. At least I know where I'm going to eat and sleep tonight. — Neil Gaiman
Jonathan Seagull discovered that boredom and fear and anger are the reasons that a gull's life is so short, and with those gone from his… — Richard Bach
He found himself in habiting the vast, empty plateau where most people live, between boredom and contentment. — Jess Walter
I did not love you out or boredom or loneliness or caprice. I loved you because the desire for you was stronger than any happiness. — Alessandro Baricco
Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Of course, true love is exceptional - two or three times a century, more or less. The rest of the time there is vanity or… — Albert Camus
The boredom of married life inevitable destroys love, when love has preceded marriage. — Stendhal
And I, stepping from this skin Of old bandages, boredoms, old faces Step to you from the black car of Lethe, Pure as a baby. — Sylvia Plath
Hard work never killed a man. Men die of boredom, psychological conflict, and disease. They do not die of hard work. — David Ogilvy
While my insides may be rotten, I still like a good reason to kill someone. It has to be either business, personal, or out of… — Derek Landy
Conclusion 1: Boredom= Flared tempers= hard words — Bisco Hatori
In the years since, I've discovered there's a lot to be said for boredom. — Stephen King

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