Tedious Quotes

201 quotes by 168 authors

The cities of America are inexpressibly tedious. The Bostonians take their learning too sadly; culture with them is an accomplishment rather than an atmosphere; their… — Oscar Wilde
The villain is usually the most interesting part. But it has to be a smart thing. Just dumb cliche villains with a Russian accent and… — Christoph Waltz
Alcohol makes other people less tedious, and food less bland, and can help provide what the Greeks calledÂ entheos, or the slight buzz of inspiration when… — Christopher Hitchens
For many doctors the achievement of a published article is a tedious duty to be surmounted as a necessary hurdle in a medical career. — Richard Asher
I find it incredibly tedious, hate that it murders itself with its own conservative pomposity. — Fiona Shaw
Downtime is where we become ourselves, looking into the middle distance, kicking at the curb, lying on the grass or sitting on the stoop and… — Anna Quindlen
What is the hope that can give meaning to life? Without some form of hope, the Holy Father argues that life becomes tedious and potentially… — Raymond J. de Souza
When a history book contains no lies it is always tedious. — Anatole France
All tedious research is worth one inspired moment. — Uta Hagen
Absolute green is the most restful color, lacking any undertone of joy, grief, or passion. On exhausted men this restfulness has a beneficial effect, but… — Wassily Kandinsky
Try to pick a profession in which you enjoy even the most mundane, tedious parts. Then you will always be happy — Will Shortz
It's so tedious writing cookbooks or writing the recipes because I've never been much of a measurer. But to write a book, you have to… — Maya Angelou
The mystic must be steadily told,-All that you say is just as true without the tedious use of that symbol as with it. Let us… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Each man reserves to himself alone the right of being tedious. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The most tedious of all discourses are on the subject of the Supreme Being. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Child-rearing can be a tedious and thankless undertaking. — Jessica Valenti
Let now the chimneys blaze And cups oâ€™erflow with wine... The summer hath his joys, And winter his delights; Though love and all his pleasures… — Thomas Campion
But I tend to think of the expressive part of me as rather tedious - never curious or responsive, but blind and self-serving. — Mark Strand
I'm reading more than ever. I used to find it tedious, but now it's like my little friend - it takes my mind off things. — Billie Piper
It's tedious to watch something very obvious being worked out, like a movie that's not particularly good and after about half an hour you know… — Rudy Rucker

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