716 Quotes About Boredom

  • Author Jason Isbell
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    I've never been someone who's very prone to boredom. I don't know, boredom seems like something you should grow out of at about 15 or 16. There's so much that needs to be done.

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  • Author Erica Jong
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    Turning fifty ... is like flying: hours of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror.

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  • Author Miranda July
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    I looked out the window for other passengers in love with their drivers, but we were well disguised, we pretended boredom and prayed for traffic.

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  • Author Samuel Johnson
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    Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return.

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  • Author Chuck Klosterman
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    Flying to me isn't scary, it's just incredibly boring. And I guess I have a fear of boredom, so in that regard, I'm afraid to fly.

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

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  • Author Karl Kraus
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    A philistine is habitually bored and looks for things that won't bore him. An artist finds things boring, but is never bored.

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  • Author Susanna Kaysen
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    Emptiness and boredom: what a complete understatement. What I felt was complete desolation. Desolation, despair and boredom.

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