"Sooner barbarity than boredom."

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

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"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

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"Boredom is rage spread thin."

Paul Tillich, German Theologian

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"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

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"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

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

William Weld, American Politician

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"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

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

Peter Straub, American Writer

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

James Galway, Irish Musician

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

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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