Dull Quotes

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Most of life is so dull that there is nothing to be said about it, and the books and talk that would describe it as… — E. M. Forster
We call those poets who are first to mark, Through earth's dull mist the coming of the dawn, Who see in twilight's gloom the first… — Oliver Wendell Holmes
Me like to smoke the bud but my eyes they get all red, my senses get dull and me forget what i said, me find… — DJ Quik
Renowned management guru Peter F.Drucker looked back at his 65-year consulting career shortly before he died. He concluded that great leaders could either be 'charismatic… — Robert I. Sutton
The pest of society are the egotist, they are dull and bright, sacred and profane, course and fine. It is a disease that like the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
He is a dull observer whose experience has not taught him the reality and force of magic, as well as of chemistry. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
One need never be dull as long as one has friends to help, gardens to enjoy and books in the long winter evenings. — D.E. Stevenson
Some of those stories in local newspapers are just as dull and boring as the stories that I get from on-line services, which are basically… — Tabitha Soren
Our life is like a land journey, too even and easy and dull over long distances across the plains, too hard and painful up the… — Lloyd C. Douglas
I regard large inherited wealth as a misfortune, which merely serves to dull men's faculties. A man who possesses great wealth should, therefore, allow only… — Alfred Nobel
Do the dull things right so the extraordinary things will not be required too often. — Earl Weaver
In Madame Bovary Flaubert never allows anything to go on too long; he can suggest years of boredom in a paragraph, capture the essence of… — Michael Dirda
Some men are too dull to feel what might happen. Others torture themselves with maybes and populate their dreams with horrors more terrible than their… — Mark Lawrence
Boredom is a sign of satisfied ignorance, blunted apprehension, crass sympathies, dull understanding, feeble powers of attention, and irreclaimable weakness of character. — James Bridie
What a dull universe it would be if everything in it conformed to our expectations, if it held nothing to surprise or baffle us or… — Steven Pinker
But you want to know about the influence of books on my life, and as I've said, there was only one. Seneca. . .Maybe that… — Mary Ann Shaffer
It's not the gentle part I have a problem with, it's the dull, stupid part. — Gabrielle
As I grew up, everything started getting grey and dull. I could still remember the amazing intensity of the world I'd lived in as a… — Keith Johnstone
Let hunger sharpen your awareness. Abstain liquor and frivolous recreation, which dull the mind and weaken the body. — Unknown Author
It's superb to be out in the early, early morning before the sun comes up. There's this sense of being super-alive. You're in on a… — Tim Tharp
There's no need to sharpen my pencils anymore. They're sharp enough. Even the dull ones will make a mark. — Ze Frank
Style is the answer to everything. A fresh way to approach a dull or dangerous thing — Charles Bukowski
Only a life lived in a certain spirit is worth living. It is a remarkable fact that a life lived entirely from the ego is… — Carl Jung
Think of a flabby person covered with layers of fat. That is what your mind can become - flabby, covered with layers of fat till… — Anthony de Mello
You have to be as fully prepared for the dull game as you are for the great game, or else you won't be prepared for… — Red Barber

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