Boredom is like a pitiless zooming in on the epidermis of time. Every instant is dilated and magnified like the pores of the face.
—Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007) French Sociologist, Philosopher
A bore is a man who has nothing to say and says it anyway.
—Unknown
It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.
—Charles Baudelaire (1821–67) French Poet, Art Critic, Essayist, Translator
Life is never boring, but some people choose to be bored.
—Wayne Dyer (1940–2015) American Self-Help Author
We are almost always wearied in the company of persons with whom we are not permitted to be weary.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer
Against boredom the gods themselves fight in vain.
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German Philosopher, Scholar, Writer
Only the most acute and active animals are capable of boredom.—A theme for a great poet would be God’s boredom on the seventh day of creation.
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German Philosopher, Scholar, Writer
I am quite serious when I say that I do not believe there are, on the whole earth besides, so many intensified bores as in these United States. No man can form an adequate idea of the real meaning of the word, without coming here.
—Charles Dickens (1812–70) English Novelist
A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you.
—Bert Leston Taylor (1866–1921) American Columnist, Humorist
Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away.
—Walter Benjamin (1892–1940) German Literary and Marxist Critic
Few men are more to be shunned than those who have time, but know not how to improve it, and so spend it in wasting the time of their neighbors, talking forever though they have nothing to say.
—Tryon Edwards (1809–94) American Theologian, Author
And ’tis remarkable that they talk most who have the least to say.
—Matthew Prior (1664–1721) English Poet, Diplomat
The devil’s name is dullness.
—Robert E. Lee (1807–70) Confederate General during American Civil War
The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes.
—Saul Steinberg (1914–99) American Cartoonist, Illustrator
Boredom: the desire for desires.
—Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) Russian Novelist
You’ll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.
—Earl Nightingale (1921–89) American Motivational Speaker, Author
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
—Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American Humorist, Journalist
A bore is a person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it.
—Henry Ford (1863–1947) American Businessperson, Engineer
Boredom is always counter-revolutionary. Always.
—Guy Debord (1931–94) French Philosopher
He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.
—Unknown
The man who suspects his own tediousness is yet to be born.
—Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836–1907) American Writer, Poet, Critic, Editor
Boredom is not an end-product, is comparatively rather an early stage in life and art. You’ve got to go by or past or through boredom, as through a filter, before the clear product emerges.
—Unknown
Somebody’s boring me; I think it’s me.
—Dylan Thomas (1914–53) Welsh Poet, Author
What’s wrong with being a boring kind of guy?
—George H. W. Bush (1924–2018) American Republican Statesman, 41st President
Man finds nothing so intolerable as to be in a state of complete rest, without passions, without occupation, without diversion, without effort. Then he feels his nullity, loneliness, inadequacy, dependence, helplessness, emptiness.
—Blaise Pascal (1623–62) French Mathematician, Physicist, Theologian
O, he is as tedious as is a tired horse, or a railing wife; worse than a smoky house.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
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.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
A yawn is a silent shout.
—G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Poet
Bore: a person who talks when you wish him to listen.
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1913) American Short-story Writer, Journalist
The secret of making one’s self tiresome, is, not to know when to stop.
—Voltaire (1694–1778) French Philosopher, Author
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