Humdrum Quotes
38 quotes by 34 authors
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Very few of the heroes of the Golden Age of American finance had much interest in the solid realities of what underlay their structure of…
— Robert Heilbroner
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The idea of private property universal but private, the idea of families free but still families, of domesticity democratic but still domestic, of one man…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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What am I doing with my life? Am I just going to some humdrum job that I don’t really want to be at, doing some…
— Kai Greene
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What could you do better for your children and your children's children than to record the story of your life, your triumphs over adversity, your…
— Spencer W. Kimball
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It had been a humdrum couple of days, reaffirming his belief in reincarnation: everything was so boring that this could not be the first time…
— Colson Whitehead
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When you've spent half your political life dealing with humdrum issues like the environment, it's exciting to have a real crisis on your hands.
— Margaret Thatcher
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The most visceral science fiction always takes place in the past and focuses on the humdrum
— Dean Cavanagh
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In both writing and sleeping, we learn to be physically still at the same time we are encouraging our minds to unlock from the humdrum…
— Stephen King
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Have you ever stopped to think what fun this business of living can be? If you haven't, and if you are one of those who…
— Dorothy Draper
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I loved the stage not because it provided an escape from myself or my humdrum life but because when the curtain went up I could…
— Suzanne Farrell
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A fellow must know where he wants to go, if he is going to get anywhere. It is so easy just to drift along. Some…
— William C. Menninger
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Real sadness is such an all-encompassing intense thing that it takes you out of your humdrum existence. If you can still function, you want to…
— David Byrne
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MARVEL IS A CORNUCOPIA OF FANTASY, A WILD IDEA , A SWASHBUCKLING ATTITUDE , AN ESCAPE FROM THE HUMDRUM AND PROSAIC. IT'S A SERENDIPITOUS FEAST…
— Stan Lee
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The amelioration of the world cannot be achieved by sacrifices in moments of crisis; it depends on the efforts made and constantly repeated during the…
— Aldous Huxley
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No one ever mentioned it, but thousands of men welcomed World War II as a way to escape their humdrum lives rather than a chance…
— Art Buchwald
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In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and…
— Joseph de Maistre
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Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations.
— Bernard Cornwell
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When some incident has shattered the career you’ve mapped out for yourself, a folly, a crime or a misfortune, you mustn’t think you’re down and…
— W. Somerset Maugham
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Jane Austen writes about these humdrum lives with such empathy that they seem endlessly fascinating
— Mark Haddon
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Nothing will sustain you more potently than the power to recognize in your humdrum routine, as perhaps it may be thought, the true poetry of…
— William Osler
Who Wrote These Humdrum Quotes
34 authors contributed a total of 38 Humdrum Quotes, led by these top contributors: