Tedious Quotes

201 quotes by 168 authors

One thing any backpacker will tell you is that it's tedious and monotonous. You're bored sometimes, so you really have to make the fun in… — Cheryl Strayed
Librarians as a race tend to be tedious. — Peter Shaffer
My backstory is so tedious. — Ray LaMontagne
When you're on a set it can be very tedious and slow. It's just not as big as when you see it on film. — Sanaa Lathan
The first animals to be successfully domesticated were dogs, which were a big help because they would bark all night and fetch thrown sticks, thereby… — Dave Barry
What so tedious as a twice-told tale? — Homer
Almost all human affairs are tedious. Everything is too long. Visits, dinners, concerts, plays, speeches, pleadings, essays, sermons, are too long. Pleasure and business labor… — Arthur Helps
Actually, I can't imagine anything more tedious than a perfect person, especially if it was someone who also demanded perfection from me. — Hugh Mackay
I think there are two prevailing views of the suburbs in the States: either they're this sort of tedious place, where everyone is the same,… — Megan Abbott
There is no form of prose more difficult to understand and more tedious to read than the average scientific paper. — Francis Crick
Film work can be tedious and sort of all over the place, especially when you have a family and you're going off and doing things… — Zachary Knighton
However appalling to consider, however tedious to enact, every novel requires furniture, whether it is to be named or unnamed, for the characters will be… — Jonathan Lethem
When you need something tedious done, and don't have time for it, give it to a workaholic. This way, both of you will be happy. — Ernie J Zelinski
In winter's tedious nights sit by the fire With good old folks, and let them tell thee tales Of woeful ages, long ago betid — William Shakespeare
One woman reads another's character Without the tedious trouble of deciphering — Ben Jonson
That which is repeated too often becomes insipid and tedious. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
I feel that it would be tedious for a person to have only one life. It would be much better to have two or three… — Mu Xin
Men trust their eyes rather than their ears; the road by precept is long and tedious, by example short and effectual. — Seneca the Younger
Life is short and tedious, and is wholly spent in wishing; we trust to find rest and enjoyment at some future time, often at an… — Jean de la Bruyere
Patience is a most necessary qualification for business; many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request. One must seem to… — Bill Vaughan

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