Boredom Quotes

698 Boredom quotes by 498 unique authors

Anthropocentrism gave rise to boredom, and when anthropomorphism was replaced by technocentrism, boredom became even more profound. — Lars Svendsen
For Heidegger, boredom is a privileged fundamental mood because it leads us directly into the very problem complex of being and time. — Lars Svendsen
A utopia cannot, by deï¬nition, include boredom, but the 'utopia' we are living in is boring. — Lars Svendsen
The glance embroiders in joy, knits in pain, and sews in boredom. When indifferent, the eye takes stills, when interested, movies. Laughter is regional: a… — Malcolm De Chazal
One mood can be replaced by another, but it is impossible to leave attunement altogether. However, profound boredom brings us as close to a state… — Lars Svendsen
Boredom comes simply from ignorance and lack of imagination. — Susan Ertz
Life has been reduced to a series of long periods of boredom in the office punctuated by high-octane "experiences" which you can rack up on… — Tom Hodgkinson
Boredom is your mind and body's way of telling you you're not living up to your potential. — Hal Sparks
Good digestions, the gray monotony of provincial life, and the boredom-ah the soul-destroying boredom-of long days of mild content. — Jean-Paul Sartre
Do you realise that people die of boredom in London suburbs? It's the second biggest cause of death amongs the English in general. Sheer boredom... — Alexander McCall Smith
Boredom is that awful state of inaction when the very medicine - that is, activity - which could solve it, is seen as odious. — Margaret George
Boredom is your window on the properties of time that one tends to ignore to the likely peril of one's mental equilibrium. It is your… — Joseph Brodsky
Life is never boring but some people choose to be bored. The concept of boredom entails an inability to use up present moments in a… — Wayne Dyer
I am convinced that boredom is one of the greatest tortures. If I were to imagine Hell, it would be the place where you were… — Erich Fromm
Boredom is the self being stuffed with itself. — Walker Percy
Boredom is what you fight. Constant, ever-present boredom. So you learn to look forward to small things. Sunlight glimpsed through a cloud, an extra piece… — Valerie Wilson Wesley
The tendency is to blame boredom on the environment. "This town is really dull" or "What a boring speaker." The particular town or speaker is… — Wayne Dyer
Boredom is nothing but the experience of a paralysis of our productive powers. — Erich Fromm
Boredom is my worst enemy. It's killed a lot of my friends, but it won't get me. When I get bored, I go risk my… — Larry Niven
Boredom flourishes too, when you feel safe. It's a symptom of security. — Eugene Ionesco

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