Boredom Quotes
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According to Gur's theory of boredom, everything that happens in the world today is because of boredom: love, war, inventions, fake fireplaces - ninety-five percent of all that is pure boredom.
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To 'know your place' is a good idea in politics. That is not to say 'stay in your place' or 'hang on to your place', because ambition or boredom may dictate upward or downward mobility, but a sense of place - a feel for one's own position in the control room-is useful in gauging what you should try to do.
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Boredom comes simply from ignorance and lack of imagination.
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The two real problems in life are boredom and death.
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I’m very interested in sublimation. I love the way Francis Bacon talked about the grin without the cat, the sensation without the boredom of its conveyance… I’ve always wanted to be able to convey figurative imagery in a kind of shorthand, to get it across in as direct a way as possible. I want there to be a human presence without having to depict it in full.
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BOREDOM with established truths is a great enemy of free men.
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What matters is entertainment. Eternity takes forever. The infinite expanse of time just does not know when to quit. The dead fear boredom the way mortals fear death.
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Boredom is the mind’s scar tissue.
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We have a world of pleasure to win, and nothing to lose but boredom.
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People of Wealth and the so called upper class suffer the most from boredom.
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I'm willing to die, but... not of boredom.
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The function of music is to release us from the boredom of existence.
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Believe me, there’s nothing worse than being both immortal and intelligent. Imagine the boredom! Plus you start to ask questions, and the worst thing about questions is that sometimes, they have answers.
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To the distinguished female author’s left was her husband, probably also distinguished in some way, who had the look of many husbands: eyebrows perpetually raised a little in a defensive mask of polite interest, signifying boredom.
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Boredom is a disease, too.
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Personally, I have learned to welcome the sensation of boredom when I’m working out because boredom can actually provide opportunities that are relaxing and, dare I say it, even useful.
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When we learn to TOLERATE boredom, we find out who we really are.
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I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don't have to stay that way.
