Boredom Quotes - page 12

There are six reasons anyone does anything: Love. Faith. Greed. Boredom. Fear..." he said, ticking them off on his fingers; but he lingered on the last, drawing a deep breath before he said, "Revenge. (Ally Carter)
There are 6 reasons that a person does anything: Love, faith, greed, boredom, fear... revenge. View quote
Ally Carter
Boredom is usually what spurs either bad decisions or any decision at all. View quote
Amy Seimetz
My despair is less despair than boredom and loneliness. View quote
Anthony Swofford
Longevity is something I never gave a second thought to. I guess it's the shadow of growing up in post WWII, but I never believed I would live past 20. Here I am though... a senior citizen... my voice and heart are stronger than ever, but boredom is the greatest enemy so I have to be careful not to slip over the edge. View quote
Eric Burdon
I have no tolerance for boredom. I spend so many hours in the office, and I still love it. View quote
Francisco Costa
People of Wealth and the so called upper class suffer the most from boredom. View quote
George Sanders
Boredom makes you do crazy things. View quote
Jenny Holzer
Boredom is a sign of satisfied ignorance, blunted apprehension, crass sympathies, dull understanding, feeble powers of attention, and irreclaimable weakness of character. View quote
James Bridie
I always think boredom is to some extent the fault of the bored. View quote
Kate Ross
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. (Lewis Cass)
Acting offers me an outlet. Here is the perfect opportunity to spend fleeting moments becoming an entirely different person; to experience a character entirely unlike myself, but to also make such a character a part of me. There is no routine here; there is no boredom. How does one get bored of life? View quote
Osric Chau
In medieval times, if someone displayed the symptoms we now identify as boredom, that person was thought to be committing something called, a 'dangerous form of spiritual alienation' -- a devaluing of the world and its creator. View quote
Richard Louv
The temptation to quit and start over infects every creative process I've ever been in. Frustration and boredom always fuel this self-doubt. View quote
Robert Lopez
If I have to spend prolonged periods of time in a trailer, I go mad. Stuck in a metal box doing nothing, I lie there paralysed with boredom. View quote
Romola Garai
One wonders what would happen in a society in which there were no rules to break. Doubtless everyone would quickly die of boredom. View quote
Susan Howatch
I did nine episodes of 'John Doe.' I died of boredom. View quote
William Forsythe
The Devil may take the reckless, but the good will surely die of boredom. Boredom and frustration. View quote
Sarah Dunant
Boredom is what happens to people who have no control over their minds. View quote
Rebecca Stead
The function of the rebel is to shake the fixated mores of the rigid order of civilization; and this shaking, though painful, is necessary if the society is to be saved from boredom and apathy. Obviously I do not refer to everyone who calls himself a rebel, but only to the authentic rebel. Civilization gets its first flower from the rebel. View quote
Rollo May
We choose mania over boredom every time. (James Gleick)
Life has been reduced to a series of long periods of boredom in the office punctuated by high-octane "experiences" which you can rack up on your list of things to do before you die. That's not really living: that is slavery with the occasional circus thrown in. View quote
Tom Hodgkinson
Boredom is a great motivator. View quote
Uma Thurman
All illegal narcotics are medicinal. Boredom is a disease worse than cancer. View quote
Doug Stanhope
Our goal is total liberation life is for the living. We are alive! We want all to be alive! Sex is a sure cure of boredom and an antidote to violence that is so American. Power to the People! View quote
Harry Hay