Boring Quotes - page 20

....he said it was interesting. He used the word 'textured'. He said 'smooth' is boring but 'textured' was interesting, and the scar meant that I was stronger than whatever had tried to hurt me. (Jeannette Walls)
The subject for a lot of non-fiction is very emotional, but if you read it, it's the most boring, dry stuff. I wanted 'Torn Apart' to be extremely accessible and readable. View quote
James Patterson
Swimming can be boring. To me, it's like going on a treadmill. View quote
Jason Momoa
Fishing as a spectator sport in real time is the most boring thing you can imagine. View quote
Jeremy Wade
The brain doesn't pay attention to boring things. View quote
John Medina
I don't hang out with movie stars, and you won't see me going to many Hollywood parties. I'm actually quite boring. View quote
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
You've got to stay focused without being boring - because all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Skinny, but dull. View quote
LL Cool J
Economics works great for planning your life when you don't have a work passion, since we tend to assume that your job delivers only money and you trade off job hours with leisure hours. If you think your job will just be a job, pick one that pays well per hour and leaves you some time off, even if the activity of the job is boring. View quote
Emily Oster
It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character. View quote
Zoe Saldana
I think that characters who are nice all the time and who you sympathize with can get really boring. View quote
Karin Slaughter
After a two-term presidency, many young voters seem to want someone who is radically different from, even the opposite of, the commander in chief to whom they have become accustomed. After all, a two-term president will have led their nation for a significant percentage of their lives. That's boring. Isn't it time for a transformation? (Cass Sunstein)
Somewhere in the crowd was at least one potential friend who'd understand the fundamental value of goofing off. Because if not, how boring would that be? View quote
Alyson Noel
At school, up to the age of sixteen, I found history boring, for we were studying the Industrial Revolution, which was all about Acts, Trade Unions and the factory system, and I wanted to know about people, because it is people who make history. View quote
Alison Weir
Working out is incredibly boring. I swear it's true that the bigger your muscles get, the fewer brain cells you have. View quote
Christian Bale
And I not only inherited an aversion to the nine-to-five routine, but the sense from my parents that being bored and boring is the worst thing that you can be. View quote
Christian Bale
My dad was the biggest influence on my life because he was never boring. View quote
Christian Bale
What is interesting about me isn't that I am a mother, it is who I am. I love my family, but if I just talk to you about being a mother, it's boring. I am sorry, but it's reducing who I really am, and it's really boring. View quote
Laetitia Casta
I can talk for a long time only when it's about something boring. View quote
Lydia Davis
Revision means throwing out the boring crap and making what's left sound natural. View quote
Laurie Halse Anderson
Boredom and sexual desire are a potent and explosive combination, and people will certainly risk their lives to exit a grey and boring life. View quote
Lawrence Osborne
I happen to think nearly everybody - especially those one might find in the odd issue of 'People' magazine, including me - is frightfully boring, especially me. And Tom Cruise. Tom and I are alike in only this way. (Berkeley Breathed)
Until the Eighties, Oslo was a rather boring town, but it's changed a lot, and is now much more cosmopolitan. If I go downtown, I visit the harbour to see the tall ships and the ferries, and to admire the modern architecture such as the Opera House or the new Astrup Fearnley Museum on the water's edge. View quote
Jo Nesbo
I'm just a believer in keeping all of the creative brain cells moving and working even when you're not working because the inevitable loneliness and boring drought in the actor's world, it can eat you alive. View quote
Nikki Reed
If you talk about yourself, he'll think you're boring. If you talk about others, he'll think you're a gossip. If you talk about him, he'll think you're a brilliant conversationalist. View quote
Linda Sunshine
I don't like conflicts. I'm not a competitive person at heart. To be in the middle of turmoil is boring. View quote
Christian Louboutin