408 quotes found
“Our labour preserves us from three great evils -- weariness, vice, and want.”
“Doing nothing is the hardest torture that a person can put himself through. For he is always brought face to face with his own self, which demands that he gives account for the sun which he useless...”
“We just philosophize, complain of boredom, or drink vodka. It's so clear, you see, that if we're to begin living in the present, we must first of all redeem our past and then be done with it foreve...”
“The fancies that take their monstrous birth from the spinelessness and boredom of usurped wealth bring in their wake every defect ... and though rich men's crimes escape the law, protected as they ...”
“Actually, I jade very quickly. Once is usually enough. Either once only, or every day. If you do something once its exciting, and if you do it every day its exciting. But if you do it, say, twice o...”
“Nature is interested in only two thingsto survive and to reproduce one like itself. Anything you superimpose on that, all the cultural input, is responsible for the boredom of man. So we have varie...”
“We all need a technological detox; we need to throw away our phones and computers instead of using them as our pseudo-defence system for anything that comes our way. We need to be bored and not hav...”
“Boredom is a pleasing antidote for fear”
“Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?”
“I really think I write about everyday life. I don't think I'm quite as odd as others say I am. Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time. At any given moment the floor may ...”
“Boredom is fear's patience. Fear doesn't want to exaggerate. Only on occasion--and fear considers this very important--does it want to know how things stand with me.”
“The absence of the will to live is, alas, not sufficient to make one want to die.”
“From children to men we cage ourselves in patterns to avoid facing new problems and possible failure after a while men become bored because there are no new problems. Such is life under the fear of...”
“Happiness changes the way you see the world.”
“This life-enhancing, happiness-inducing miracle drug that does, in fact, ruthlessly kill its enemiesyouve guessed itis gratitude.”
“Boredom can be a lethal thing on a small island.”
“The glance embroiders in joy, knits in pain, and sews in boredom.When indifferent, the eye takes stills, when interested, movies.Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face.”
“Do you enjoy your work? Are you happy to get out of bed each morning and dress for the office? If you answered no to either of these questions, you are not alone. In a 2014 Conference Board survey,...”
“What's this about?""Finally. Interest," was the only response."If this is one of your tricks..." Like the time Torin had ordered hundreds of blow-up dolls and placed them throughout the fortress, a...”
“The boring parts don't last forever. In retrospect, they aren't even boring.”
