Tedious Quotes

201 quotes by 168 authors

Boredom is that awful state of inaction when the very medicine â€• that is, activity â€• which could solve it, is seen as odious. Archery?… — Margaret George
Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, / The muttering retreats / Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels / And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells:… — John Green
It is always tedious when someone tells you that if you don't stop crying, they will give you something to cry about, because if you… — Daniel Handler
Do you know that moment when you paint a landscape as a child and, when youâ€™re maybe under seven or something, the sky is just… — Alan Rickman
Every day is important for us because it is a day ordained by God. If we are bored with life there is something wrong with… — Jerry Bridges
On the board was a list of words and phrases which her mother considered not suitable for use in college T-shirt design. She had been… — Hilary McKay
There are naive questions, tedious questions, ill-phrased questions, questions put after inadequate self-criticism. But every question is a cry to understand the world. There is… — Carl Sagan
Funny,â€™ Will said, as they picked their way through. â€˜Things are absolutely awful and yet people look much happier than usual. Look at them all.… — Susan Cooper
Trouble can be a lot of fun. It's the straight and narrow that makes life tedious and boring. — Abbi Glines
Like so many other nerdy, disaffected young people of that time, I dreamed of becoming an 'artist', i.e., somebody whose adult job was original and… — David Foster Wallace
I have far more enthusiasm in life than I have actual energy. In my excitement, I routinely take on more that I can physically or… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Waiting is one of life's hardships. It is hard enough to wait for chocolate cream pie while burnt roast beef is still on your plate.… — Daniel Handler
Mr. Herschel brought with him the calculations of the computers, and we commenced the tedious process of verification. After a time many discrepancies occurred, and… — Charles Babbage
But see! theVirgin blessed Hath laid her Babe to rest. Time is our tedious song should here have ending. — John Milton
Our aim in education is to give a full life. We owe it to them to initiate an immense number of interests. Life should be… — Charlotte Mason
Everything in life is miraculous. For the sigil taught me that it rests within the power of each of us to awaken atwill from a… — James Branch Cabell
It is a tedious thing to be always beginning life; they live badly who always begin to live. — Seneca the Younger
For the scientific acquisition of knowledge is almost as tedious as the routine acquisition of wealth. — Eric Linklater
Whatever you do they will love you; even if they don't love you they are connected to you till you die. You can be boring… — Deborah Moggach
The only thing I hated about the agency business was a lot of business travel. It was the only part of my job that I… — Donny Deutsch

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