Dull Quotes

903 Dull quotes by 659 unique authors

Natural death is independent of all reason and is really an irrational death, in which the pitiable substance of the shell determines how long the… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The intellect of most men is barren. They neither fertilize or are fertilized. It is the marriage of the soul with nature that makes the… — Henry David Thoreau
Cut if you will with sleep's dull knife, the years from off your life, my friend! the years that death takes off my life, he'll… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
All work and no play doesn't just make Jill and Jack dull, it kills the potential of discovery, mastery, and openness to change and flexibility… — Joline Godfrey
The characters are so flat and the dialogue so dull you expect it to be one of those movies whose existence is justified by a… — Kyle Smith
We have strayed from the Immortal's ways And worship with a dull and senseless mind Idols, the workmanship of our own hands, And images and… — Justin Martyr
I went to a high school reunion a couple years ago and realized that the kids who were the most unusual in high school are… — Anderson Cooper
Imagine how dull life would be if variables assessed for admission to a graduate program really did predict who would succeed and who would fall.… — Unknown Author
An enthusiast may bore others, but he has never a dull moment himself. — John F. Kieran
The duty of a toastmaster is to be so dull that the succeeding speakers will appear brilliant by contrast. — Clarence Budington Kelland
The problem with the wise is they are so filled with doubts while the dull are so certain. — Bertrand Russell
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
It's the refuge for the mentally deficient. It's made by dull people for dull people. — Steven Morrissey
I'm not very good at being dull. — Steven Morrissey
There are no dull subjects. There are only dull writers. — H. L. Mencken
I think the first duty of all art, including fiction of any kind, is to entertain. That is to say, to hold interest. No matter… — Poul Anderson
Be anything you want to be, but don't be dull. — Frank Robinson
The ancient historians gave us delightful fiction in the form of fact; the modern novelist presents us with dull facts under the guise of fiction. — Oscar Wilde
I have never heard a dancer asking for advice about how to stay focused on her footwork, or a painter complaining about the dull day-to-day… — Ursula K. Le Guin
When the novice photographer starts taking pictures, he carries his camera about and shoots everything that interests him. There comes a time when he must… — Alexey Brodovitch
You need have no dull hours if you are a sincere lover of books. — Grenville Kleiser
To call ourselves a Microcosme, or little world, I thought it onely a pleasant trope of Rhetorick, till my neare judgement and second thoughts told… — Thomas Browne
I feel more confident and more satisfied when I reflect that I have two professions and not one. Medicine is my lawful wife and literature… — Anton Chekhov
When the moon shall have faded out from the sky, and the sun shall shine at noonday a dull cherry red, and the seas shall… — William Jacob Holland
The idea [of therapy] isn't to give people answers, or lead their bark of longing into a safe, dull, protected harbor, but to make people… — John O'Donohue

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