Favorite Quotations ~  Boredom Boredom

"We can be bought, but we can't be bored." ~ Lynne Fontanne

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In Zen they say: If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, try it for eight, sixteen, thirty-two, and so on. Eventually one discovers that it's not boring at all but very interesting. ~ John Cage

I get really bored if I don't have more than one thing going on. ~ Jewel

A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company. ~ Gian Vincenzo Gravina

When people are bored, it is primarily with their own selves that they are bored. ~ Eric Hoffer

I've always loved traveling because it varies the decor of my life. Monotony engenders boredom and I have never been bored in my life. ~ Erté

The fact that you're alive is amazing, so you don't get to say, "I'm Bored." ~ Louis C. K.

Bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel. ~ Renata Adler

Boredom is a certain sign that we are allowing our faculties to rust in idleness. ~ William R. Inge

I can't wait to do the normal things. Like just doing your own groceries. Looking for your own tomatoes. I just can't wait to get up in the morning and look awful. I'm looking forward to getting bored. ~ Celine Dion

In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. ~ Richard Bach

Somebody’s boring me... I think it’s me. ~ Dylan Thomas

The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal. ~ H. L. Mencken

I am never bored anywhere; being bored is an insult to oneself. ~ Jules Renard

There is no sin worse in life than being boring. ~ Paris Hilton, Confessions, 2004

Boredom is the root of all evil. ~ Soren Kierkegaard

There is no such thing as boredom for the person who cultivates, trains and develops his mind, to act and serve, as his own personal playground. ~ Joseph P. Martino

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism. ~ William Phillips

Nothing is interesting is you are not interested. ~ Helen MacInnes

A finished person is a boring person. ~ Anna Quindlen

A well-stocked mind is safe from boredom. ~ Arthur C. Clarke

I've always loved traveling because it varies the decor of my life. Monotony engenders boredom and I have never been bored in my life. ~ Erté

The worst thing in life is boredom. When people don’t know what to do with themselves, they are very, very poor. ~ Alice Herz Sommer