#bore

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

#acute #boredom #capable #creation #day

I always told my children when they whined... Only the boring are bored. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#bored #boring #children #i #i always

I have a good mind but I don't like to bore anyone with it. ↗

— Rae Dawn Chong

#bore #good #good mind #i #like

Isn't history ultimately the result of our fear of boredom? ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#fear #history #our #result #ultimately

I get bored talking about myself, but I can talk about the work. ↗

— Glenn Close

#bored #get #i #i can #myself

Even boredom has its crises. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#crises #even

I love stories. When I'm writing, what I pretend subconsciously is that we're cavemen, we're sitting around the fire, and I'm telling you stories. If I bore you, you're probably going to pick up a big club and hit me over the head. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#big #bore #club #fire #going

Never ask a bore a question. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#bore #never #question

Anyone who claims to have an entirely clear conscience is almost certainly a bore. ↗

— Bernard Cornwell

#anyone #bore #certainly #claims #clear

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

#constant #effect #enlightenment #facts #freedom