#bored

We are almost always bored by just those whom we must not find boring. ↗

— François de La Rochefoucauld

#bores #boring #boredom

Good-bye. I am leaving because I am bored. ↗

— George Sanders

#because #bored #good-bye #i #i am

The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#boredom #controlled #creative #creative man #directed

The most total opposite of pleasure is not pain but boredom, for we are willing to risk pain to make a boring life interesting. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#catholicism #christianity #jesus-shock #philosophy #pleasure

I could have probably gone on and still played the part of the guitar player of Limp Bizkit, but musically I was kind of bored. If I was to continue, it would have been about the money and not about the true music, and I don't want to lie to myself, or to them or to fans of Limp Bizkit. ↗

— Wes Borland

#been #bored #continue #could #fans

Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored. ↗

— Lord Byron

#bores #formed #mighty #now #polished

Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

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Twenty can't be expected to tolerate sixty in all things, and sixty gets bored stiff with twenty's eternal love affairs. ↗

— Emily Carr

#all things #bored #eternal #eternal love #expected

I get bored easily, so I need to do a lot. I've started a record label, so I get to nurture new talent and talk about music, which is a passion of mine. I've written another book. And I get to come to work and do the TV show, which is always really fun. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#always #another #book #bored #come

Read a lot. Read broadly... Tell stories to your friends, and pay attention to when they get bored... Write a lot. ↗

— John Green

#bored #broadly #friends #get #lot