Boredom Quotes

“A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you.”

“The worst thing in the world is to be bored.”

“To be a star is to own the world and all the people in it. After a while, this gets a little boring.”

“Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.”

“Boredom is the most sublime of all human emotions because it expresses the fact that the human spirit is greater than the entire universe.”

“Cold coolin' at a bar, and I'm lookin' for some action.”

“Everyday is like Sunday.”

“I was an accountant for a while, and it was a boring job. I'd have dreams at night of being an accountant.”

“Boredom is the keynote of poverty... it's the only thing there is to do.”

“I wonder what feelings inspire a man to complain of 'having nothing to do'.”

“Somebody's boring me. I think it's me.”

“I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again... the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul.”

“We're in the boredom-killing business.”

“He doesn’t drink, he doesn’t smoke, he doesn’t read, he doesn’t joke. He’s never had a single doubt. What is there to write about?”

“Le secret d'ennuyer est celui de tout dire.”

“Boredom is the key to creativity.”

“Men who know all the ins and outs of a game are no longer actively interested in it.”

“I seem to have become more-or-less a respectable citizen. A writer of movies. A member of the lower-upper-middle classes. And it’s a bloody bore.”

“Boredom is a certain sign of failed imagination.”

“Dullness is a disease.”