"When we hold back out of laziness, that is when we tie ourselves into knots of boredom."

Boredom, Laziness

43

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"When we hold back out of laziness, that is when we tie ourselves into knots of boredom."

Exlpore more Boredom quotes

"If an earth with no other creatures but only humans would be possible, it would be unbearably boring!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Boredom, Life, Truth, Happiness, Wisdom

"Boredom is certainly not an evil to be taken lightly: it will ultimately etch lines of true despair onto a face. It makes beings with as little love for each other as humans nonetheless seek each other with such intensity, and in this way becomes the source of sociability."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Boredom, Despair, Love, Intensity

"Boredom is rage spread thin."

Paul Tillich, German Theologian

Boredom,

"It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom."

Quentin Crisp, English Writer

Boredom, Effect, Facts, Freedom

"I know when I'm working I seldom get into trouble. My educated guess is that boredom has caused most of the problems with Hollywood celebrities."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

Boredom, Hollywood, Problems, Trouble

"Much is forgiven anyone who relieves the desperate boredom of the working press."

William Weld, American Politician

Boredom, Press

"It's the boredom that kills you. You read until you're tired of that. You do crossword puzzles until you're tired of that. This is torture. This is mental torture."

Jack Kevorkian, American Activist

Boredom,

"If I planned everything out in advance, I'd expire of boredom."

Peter Straub, American Writer

Boredom,

"Running through things because you are familiar with them, breeds routine and this is the seed of boredom."

James Galway, Irish Musician

Boredom, Routine, Running

"If you are bored it is only because you are a boring person."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Boredom, Regret, Truth, Wisdom, Life

Explore more quotes by Walter Annenberg

"TV is like theater. You can't enjoy it without a program."

"You will not be satisfied unless you are contributing something to or for the benefit of others."

Will

"I didn't feel the Depression at all. I always had a pocketful of money."

Money

"Some people find an interest in making money, and though they appear to be slaving, many actually enjoy every minute of their work."

Work

"Many activities and team play participation will give you a training that will prove invaluable later on in life."

Life

"Everybody around the world wants to send their kids to our universities. But nobody wants to send their kids here to public school."

Kids

"It is unsound for an independent editor to be a financial contributor to any cause which would cause any type of special pleading."

Finance

"It is not easy to find something that will intrigue and bind your interest and enthusiasm. This you must seek for yourself."

Enthusiasm

"Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound."

Work

"I thought Nixon was getting ganged up on, but when I heard the tapes, I was shocked and terribly saddened."

Thought