Boredom Quotes

and now i am back in the grey world where it tastes like plastic, the monotony is buzzing through my jaws and the boredom is pulling my hair.

I truly believe that the boredom of illness is parlous to one's health

It's the way a man chooses to limit himself that determines his character. A man without habits, consistency, redundancy - and hence boredom - is not human. He's insane.

Writing is a defence against boredom, but it's also a cure for melancholy.

Darling, I'm so unutterably bored as to be a hazard

She, who was bored almost to agony, and who had nothing at all to do, she had not time to think even, seriously, of anything. Time being, after all, only the current of the soul in its flow.

Don't be afraid to let yourself get bored because some of the most amazing things are created through boredom.

Boredom is the very opposite of beauty and truth. Life has been sacrificed to profit, and the result is boredom on a massive scale.

Boredom is restlessness of the soul. It is an internal message reminding you that you're better than the stagnancy you've settled for.

Eternal Boredom Of The Strifeless Mind

Moderation is the key to old age and the doorway to boredom

Boredom is actually a sign of ambition. So act on it.

I am near fourteen and have never yet seen a hanging. My life is barren.

Didn't you tell me smoking ruined your stamina as a boxer? ...Ruined is a strong word, I'd say....It helps fight boredom. It gives you more to do and less time to do it in.

The boring thing about being interesting is that you bore boring people.

Tedium is a dangerous thing, potentially lethal.

People these days can’t seem to tolerate one moment without entertainment!

I confess I found it somewhat insipid when I last went....it was all so prosy - so bonnety - so whisty and teacuppy - you see, the adjectives for it do not even exist, and I must invent them.

Boredom is merely a symptom of an apathetic soul.

A bouquet yellow like remorse Hurts my view The cage The wheel The vile ennui of all mankind And no one no one to break my chains!("Outcries")

Boredom is peace misunderstood.

For lack of love one does a million other things.

Faith gives you a concept of the dignity and worth of all work, even simple work, without which work could bore you.

What was the fun of being upper-class if you had to work so hard to appear bored all the time?

She was surprised at how deflating his presence was.

He is an old bore even the grave yawns for him.

How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us and yet not remember how often we have recounted it to the same person?

We may be willing to tell a story twice never to hear it more than once.

Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.

A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.

A bore is a man who when you ask him how he is tells you.

The man who suspects his own tediousness has yet to be born.

Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice more drunkards than thirst and perhaps as many suicides as despair.

He has returned from Italy a greater bore than ever he bores on architecture painting statuary and music.

O wad some power the giftie gie us to see some people before they see us.

The most costly disease is not cancer or coronaries. The most costly disease is boredom - costly for both individual and society.

His shortcoming is his long staying.

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.

When people are bored it is primarily with their own selves.

We often forgive those who bore us but can't forgive those whom we bore.

A man can stand almost anything except a succession of ordinary days.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.

For me, the opposite of happiness isn't sadness but boredom.

Airline travel is hours of boredom interrupted by moments of stark terror.

Boredom is a fearsome prospect. There's a limit to the number of cars and microwaves you can buy. What do you do then?