#boredom

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom. ↗

— Anatole France

#despair #humanity #lies #perish #without

Sooner barbarity than boredom. ↗

— Theophile Gautier

#boredom #sooner #than

You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea. ↗

— Earl Nightingale

#boredom #find #good #good idea #idea

Flying is hours and hours of boredom sprinkled with a few seconds of sheer terror. ↗

— Pappy Boyington

#few #flying #hours #seconds #sheer

Boredom is... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#caused #fear #half #mankind #moralist

For all the boredom the straight life brings, it's not too bad. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#boredom #brings #life #straight #too

Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#concentrate #concentration #helps #homework #induces

One must choose in life between boredom and suffering. ↗

— Madame de Stael

#boredom #choose #life #must #suffering

It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom. ↗

— Wallace Stevens

#ardor #boredom #excites #known #scholars

Art has something to do with beauty. The act of creating beauty pulls the portion of your soul to the surface that is true to the way you were created. ↗

— Timothy Simpson

#beauty #boredom-to-brilliance #creative-process #timothy-simpson #art