Boredom Quotes

698 Boredom quotes by 498 unique authors

Much is forgiven anyone who relieves the desperate boredom of the working press. — William Weld
There is nothing frightening about an eternal dreamless sleep. Surely it is better than eternal torment in Hell and eternal boredom in Heaven. — Isaac Asimov
I've never been someone who's very prone to boredom. I don't know, boredom seems like something you should grow out of at about 15 or… — Jason Isbell
The existential vacuum manifests itself mainly in a state of boredom. — Viktor E. Frankl
Profound boredom, drifting here and there in the abysses of our existence like a muffling fog, removes all things and men and oneself along with… — Martin Heidegger
There is no lasting happiness outside the prescribed cycle of painful exhaustion and pleasurable regeneration, and whatever throws this cycle out of balance â€“ poverty… — Hannah Arendt
There is no one who has no leisure time at all. The office is not a permanent sanctuary, and Sundays are an institution. Thus, in… — Unknown Author
Nothing prevents boredom like a good book. — Dav Pilkey
There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering--a hell of boredom. — Victor Hugo
Good Lord, I don't know what 'rights' a man has! And I don't know the solution of boredom. If I did, I'd be the one… — Sinclair Lewis
How could any entrepreneur, confronted by such amazing opportunities to help transform the world and to do so with such extraordinary colleagues, be tempted to… — Bill Drayton
There happen to be whole large parts of adult American life that nobody talks about in commencement speeches. One such part involves boredom, routine, and… — David Foster Wallace
We all know how important love is, yet how often is it really emoted or exhibited? What so many sick people in this world suffer… — Albert Schweitzer
Only in sex the noise sometimes stops. I say "sometimes". If you have become habitual in sex also, as husbands and wives become, then it… — Rajneesh
The most terrible thing about materialism, even more terrible than its proneness to violence, is its boredom, from which sex alcohol, drugs, all devices for… — Malcolm Muggeridge
No-limit hold'em- Hours of boredom followed by moments of sheer terror. — Tom McEvoy
One must choose in life between boredom and suffering. — Madame de Stael
Both in their origins and effects, boredom and stuffy air resemble each other. They are usually generated whenever a large number of people gather together… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
When we learn to TOLERATE boredom, we find out who we really are. — Naomi Alderman
Commonly, people believe that defeat is characterized by a general bustle and a feverish rush. Bustle and rush are the signs of victory, not of… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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