Dull Quotes

903 Dull quotes by 659 unique authors

The idea that the creative endeavor and mind-altering substances are entwined is one of the great pop-intellectual myths of our time. ... Substance abusing writers… — Stephen King
If everybody likes you, you're pretty dull. — Bette Davis
... people who'd led dull and blameless lives did not give thanks for second chances. — Kate Morton
However brief our time in the sun, if we waste a second of it, or complain that it is dull or barren or (like a… — Richard Dawkins
It was almost like fear, in the way it filled me, rising in my chest. It was almost like tears, in how swiftly it came.… — Madeline Miller
Experience can dull. With most men experience is a series of mistakes; the more experience you have the less you know. — Charles Bukowski
Now, when their glances met, they understood one another. The power that lay within both their souls had met, and, as it were, clasped hands.… — Baroness Orczy
The trouble with being a daydreamer who doesn’t say much is that the teachers at school, especially those who don’t know you very well, are… — Ian Mcewan
If you were the wall, what would you rather be? Dreary and dull, or alive with paint?" "Walls can't think!" "That doesn't stop them from… — Brandon Sanderson
A life lived in love will never be dull. — Leo Buscaglia
When you observe that the fire in your room is getting dull, you do not always put on more coal, but simply stir with the… — Arthur W. Pink
I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live… — Oscar Wilde
If something burns your soul with purpose and desire, it’s your duty to be reduced to ashes by it. Any other form of existence will… — Charles Bukowski
It's sad if people think that's (homemaking) a dull existance, [but] you can't just buy an apartment and furnish it and walk away. It's the… — Audrey Hepburn
Death," said Akiva. His life was leaving him fast now that he no longer held his wound. His eyes just wanted to drift closed. "I'm… — Laini Taylor
Are you slow-witted? I'm so sorry for you. It's terrible to be dull and stupid. — Lloyd Alexander
Police are inevitably corrupted. ... Police always observe that criminals prosper. It takes a pretty dull policeman to miss the fact that the position of… — Frank Herbert
I felt dull and flat and full of shattered visions. — Sylvia Plath
The word 'mundane' has come to mean 'boring' and 'dull', and it really shouldn't - it should mean the opposite. Because it comes from the… — Richard Dawkins
Surely education has no meaning unless it helps you understand the vast experience of life with all its subtleties, with its extraordinary beauty, its sorrows… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
I wondered if that was true: if they were all really children wrapped up in adult bodies, like children's books hidden in the middle of… — Neil Gaiman
The man is a humbug — a vulgar, shallow, self-satisfied mind, absolutely inaccessible to the complexities and delicacies of the real world. He has the… — C.S. Lewis
Also she had the power of silent sympathy. That sounds rather dull, I know, but it's not so dull as it sounds. It just means… — E. Nesbit
He seems to have become a part of my life and I'm disappointed if I don't see him. If I get to the end of… — Dorothy Koomson
I’m not clear enough in the head to feel anything but varieties of dull anger and arrows of sadness. — Virginia Woolf

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