Tedious Quotes

201 quotes by 168 authors

A man who keeps a diary pays, Due toll to many tedious days; But life becomes eventfulÂ—then, His busy hand forgets the pen. Most books,… — William Allingham
I hate it, it is tedious... when I write for my act, it is very improvisational, I write bullet points, I cannot sit in front… — Kathy Griffin
I think it has something to do with being British. We don't take ourselves as seriously as some other countries do. I think a lot… — Joan Collins
Just as food eaten without appetite is a tedious nourishment, so does study without zeal damage the memory by not assimilating what it absorbs. — Leonardo da Vinci
When stuck years ago in a job I hated, my only friend was the public bench. As the tedious mornings dragged on, how I would… — Tom Hodgkinson
Kind 'Guardian' readers have been forwarding me round robin Christmas newsletters for years now: lengthy missives full of perfect children, exotic holidays, talented pets and… — Simon Hoggart
I find aspects of the industry tedious and hard to manage. — Charlie Hunnam
When you see a fashion show, you see those seven minutes of what was six months of tedious work of, you know, going up an… — Marc Jacobs
Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our… — Samuel Johnson
Coal mining is tough. Acting is just tedious. — Johnny Knoxville
Play difficult and interesting things. If you play boring things, you risk losing your appetite. Saxophone can be tedious with too much of the same. — Steve Lacy
Unless you're involved with thinking about what you're doing, you end up doing the same thing over and over, and that becomes tedious and, in… — Sol LeWitt
Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed. — James Russell Lowell
It got very tedious saying the same jokes in the same way with the same attitude. — Norm MacDonald
It's so tedious that everyone must be defined. — Steven Morrissey
Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a tedious and dusty street of poplars, without caring to know where he is. — Max Muller
I have long been one of those tedious people who rails against the coronation of 'student-athletes.' I have heard the argument that big-time athletics bring… — Susan Orlean
What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease. — Alexander Pope
I really enjoy my time off. If I'm going to go to work, it has to be something I really believe in, or else it's… — John C. Reilly
For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one… — Christina Rossetti

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