#tedious

Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#dull #ear #life #man #tale

But I tend to think of the expressive part of me as rather tedious - never curious or responsive, but blind and self-serving. ↗

— Mark Strand

#curious #expressive #i #me #never

I believe it's a real tedious hostage negotiation to have a marriage be what it is. ↗

— Brad Garrett

#hostage #i #i believe #marriage #negotiation

Who is better off? The one who writes to revel in the voluptuousness of the life that surrounds them? Or the one who writes to escape the tediousness of that which awaits them outside? Whose flame will last longer? ↗

— Roman Payne

#books #escape #flame #heroic #heroism

For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands. ↗

— Christina Rossetti

#calm #cheer #down #fetch #friend

Michael Palin decided to give up on his considerable comedy talents to make those dreadfully tedious travel shows. Have you ever tried to watch one? ↗

— John Cleese

#considerable #decided #dreadfully #ever #give

Science fiction rarely is about scientists doing real science, in its slowness, its vagueness, the sort of tedious quality of getting out there and digging amongst rocks and then trying to convince people that what you're seeing justifies the conclusions you're making. ↗

— Kim Stanley Robinson

#amongst #conclusions #convince #digging #doing

The reason it takes us from November the second to December the sixth to certify is because we have a very tedious, very comprehensive process where we audit by precinct, across the state, every vote that was cast to make sure that every vote that was legally cast is counted. ↗

— Kenneth Blackwell

#audit #because #cast #certify #comprehensive

And film acting is incredibly tedious, just by its nature. It's incredibly, mind numbingly slow. ↗

— Hugh Grant

#film #film acting #incredibly #just #mind

Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a tedious and dusty street of poplars, without caring to know where he is. ↗

— Max Muller

#dusty #every #know #life #progresses