Life is never boring, but some people choose to be bored. Wayne Dyer
Life is never boring, but some people choose to be bored.Bores and BoredomQuotations by Wayne Dyer
Month: November 2008
The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons. Benjamin Disraeli
The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.Bores and BoredomQuotations by Benjamin Disraeli
I spent a year in that town, one Sunday. Warwick Deeping
I spent a year in that town, one Sunday.Bores and BoredomQuotations by Warwick Deeping
Boredom is always counter-revolutionary. Always. Guy Debord
Boredom is always counter-revolutionary. Always.Bores and BoredomQuotations by Guy Debord
People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company. Jeremy Collier
People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.Bores and BoredomQuotations by Jeremy Collier
A yawn is a silent shout. Gilbert K. Chesterton
A yawn is a silent shout.Bores and BoredomQuotations by Gilbert K. Chesterton
The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore. Samuel Butler
The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.Quotations by Samuel Butler
What’s wrong with being a boring kind of guy? George Bush
What’s wrong with being a boring kind of guy?Bores and BoredomQuotations by George Bush
Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The things to avoid is being a bore to oneself. Gerald Brenan
Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The things to avoid is being a bore to oneself.Bores and BoredomQuotations by Gerald Brenan
Never chain your dogs together with sausages. One must accustom one’s self to be bored. Lady Bloomfield
Never chain your dogs together with sausages. One must accustom one’s self to be bored.Bores and BoredomQuotations by Lady Bloomfield
Bore — a person who talks when you wish him to listen. Ambrose Bierce
Bore — a person who talks when you wish him to listen.Bores and BoredomQuotations by Ambrose Bierce
Is boredom anything less than the sense of one’s faculties slowly dying? John Berger
Is boredom anything less than the sense of one’s faculties slowly dying?Bores and BoredomQuotations by John Berger
Perhaps the world’s second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore. Sir Cecil Beaton
Perhaps the world’s second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.Bores and BoredomQuotations by Sir Cecil Beaton
Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. Charles Baudelaire
Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.Bores and BoredomQuotations by Charles Baudelaire
I have a fear of being boring. Christian Bale
I have a fear of being boring.Bores and BoredomQuotations by Christian Bale
The penalty for success is to be bored by people who used to snub you. Lady Nancy Astor
The penalty for success is to be bored by people who used to snub you.Bores and BoredomQuotations by Lady Nancy Astor
The man who suspects his own tediousness is yet to be born. Thomas B. Aldrich
The man who suspects his own tediousness is yet to be born.Bores and BoredomQuotations by Thomas B. Aldrich
To read too many books is harmful. Mao Zedong
To read too many books is harmful.Books – ReadingQuotations by Mao Zedong
Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written. Yevgeny Zamyatin
Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written.Books – ReadingQuotations by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy judgment see. William Wycherley
Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy judgment see.Books – ReadingQuotations by William Wycherley
Choose an author as you choose a friend. Sir Christopher Wren
Choose an author as you choose a friend.Books – ReadingQuotations by Sir Christopher Wren
Books had instant replay long before televised sports. Bert Williams
Books had instant replay long before televised sports.Books – ReadingQuotations by Bert Williams
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame. Oscar Wilde
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.Books – ReadingQuotations by Oscar Wilde
The words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything. Walt Whitman
The words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything.Books – ReadingQuotations by Walt Whitman
Camerado! This is no book; who touches this touches a man. Walt Whitman
Camerado! This is no book; who touches this touches a man.Books – ReadingQuotations by Walt Whitman
Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time. Edwin P. Whipple
Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time.Books – ReadingQuotations by Edwin P. Whipple
Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures. Jessamyn West
Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.Books – ReadingQuotations by Jessamyn West
Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge. John Wesley
Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.Books – ReadingQuotations by John Wesley
It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books. Voltaire
It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.Books – ReadingQuotations by Voltaire
All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books. Voltaire
All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.Books – ReadingQuotations by Voltaire
Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own. Raoul Vaneigem
Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.Books – ReadingQuotations by Raoul Vaneigem
Reading the Scriptures is an uplifting experience. Source Unknown
Reading the Scriptures is an uplifting experience.Books – ReadingQuotations by Source Unknown
Those who do not read are no better off than those who cannot read. Source Unknown
Those who do not read are no better off than those who cannot read.Books – ReadingQuotations by Source Unknown
The man who does not read books has no advantage over the man that can not read them. Mark Twain
The man who does not read books has no advantage over the man that can not read them.Books – ReadingQuotations by Mark Twain
My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine — everybody drinks water. Mark Twain
My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine — everybody drinks water.Books – ReadingQuotations by Mark Twain
People are much more willing to lend you books than bookcases. Mark Twain
People are much more willing to lend you books than bookcases.Books – ReadingQuotations by Mark Twain
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read. Mark Twain
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.Books – ReadingQuotations by Mark Twain
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and for ever. Martin Tupper
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and for ever.Books – ReadingQuotations by Martin Tupper
One half who graduate from college never read another book. Herbert True
One half who graduate from college never read another book.Books – ReadingQuotations by Herbert True
Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written. Henry David Thoreau
Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.Books – ReadingQuotations by Henry David Thoreau