Bored Quotes - Page 7

"I have no more than twenty acres of ground," he replied, "the whole of which I cultivate myself with the help of my children; and our labor keeps off from us the three great evils - boredom, vice, and want."

I'm not a traditional politician, and I have a sense of humor. I'll try to soften it and become boring, maybe even very boring, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to.

When you're away, I'm restless, lonely, wretched, bored, dejected; only here's the rub, my darling dear, I feel the same when you're near.

If you're bored, one thing is for sure: You're not following in the footsteps of Christ.

I think that it's a crime to say you are bored when time is so precious and there are so many things to do in life: read, learn, watch.

Pensive they sit, and roll their languid eyes.

People have it so good in America that they get bored very easily. And when people get bored they start protesting things.

For all the boredom the straight life brings, it's not too bad.

Never be bored, and you will never be boring.

When I got into comedy, which was really for acting, I would see the guys who would be considered great today. They were great, but after a few minutes I could get kind of bored because they wouldn't move around. The dress code was boring to me. I didn't want to see the guy next door when I'm watching a performer. I wanted to see someone I would pay a ticket for.

For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood: I only speak right on; I tell you that which you yourselves do know.

The existential vacuum manifests itself mainly in a state of boredom.

Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis.

In a world where thrushes sing and willow trees are golden in the spring, boredom should have been included among the seven deadly sins.

I really think I write about everyday life. I don't think I'm quite as odd as others say I am. Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time. At any given moment the floor may open up. Of course, it almost never does; that's what makes it so boring.

Musicians tend to get bored playing the same thing over and over, so I think it's natural to experiment.

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination.

The public is being spoiled by good technical quality photographs in magazines, on television, in the movies, and they have become bored. The disease of our age is this boredom and a good photographer must successfully combat it. The only way to do this is by invention - by surprise.

Even boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens?

We stand before God's wonder and yet we are disinterested and bored. This should not be.

People with a high tolerance for boredom can get a lot of thinking done.

A strange effect of marriage, such as the nineteenth century has made it! The boredom of married life inevitably destroys love, when love has preceded marriage. And yet, as a philosopher has observed, it speedily brings about, among people who are rich enough not to have to work, an intense boredom with all quiet forms of enjoyment. And it is only dried up hearts, among women, that it does not predispose to love.

I hate going to the gym and doing it the old-fashioned way. I hate anything that's too straightforward, too routine, too familiar. I get bored really, really quickly.

Man is by nature restless. When left too long in one place he will inevitably grow bored, unmotivated, and unproductive.

Here's what I've learned about raising boys... if you keep 'em busy, they're fine. You let 'em get bored, they'll dismantle your house board by board.