Oh, he’s as tedious As is a tir’d horse, a railing wife;… I have rather live With cheese and garlic in a windmill, far Than feed on cates, and have him talk to me. (Henry IV)
Boredom - Boring Quotes
A speaker who does not strike oil in ten minutes should stop boring.
A savorless people, gulping tasteless food and sitting afterward, coatless and thoughtless, in rocking-chairs prickly with inane decorations, listening to mechanical music, saying mechanical things about the excellence of Ford automobiles, and viewing themselves as the greatest race in the world.
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.
Got the ill name of augurs, because they were bores.
The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.
I’m afraid of nothing except being bored.
There are very few people who do not become more interesting when they stop talking.
Continued eloquence is wearisome.
God could cause us considerable embarrassment by revealing all the secrets of nature to us: we should not know what to do for sheer apathy and boredom.
