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Bored Quotes

Words for when nothing feels interesting anymore.

These bored quotes speak to the itch of restlessness — resisting conformity, growing impatient with routine, and craving something new the moment the old wears thin. Anyone who has felt Boredom creep in during an ordinary day will recognize the mood.

Rap music started because they were bored of other music so they created something really new.

Quotes by Aesop Rock

If I am not moving I get bored very easily.

Quotes by Adriana Lima

I love going to work out now. It gets out aggression and my trainer really shakes it up so I don't get bored.

Quotes by Adriana Lima

White-collar crime has been marketed - billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it.

Quotes by Adam McKay

Boredom Quotes

I get bored pretty easily and I don't want to get locked down in one profession.

Quotes by Adam Lamberg

I'm someone who likes plowing new ground, then walking away from it. I get bored easily. For me, the big thrill comes with the discovering.

Quotes by Abraham Maslow

If you're bored, it's because someone else is fulfilling his dream. Become a bore. It's the most interesting thing you'll ever do.

Quotes by A. A. Gill

After retiring, I was a little bored with nothing to do and got fat. I thought, if a 60-year-old metabolic fat man, after five years, can get to Mount Everest, that would be very exciting.

Quotes by Yuichiro Miura

You got to be interested in other things. If you focus on one thing, you're going to eventually - like, you're going to get bored with it, or you're going to get burned out on it.

Quotes by Willie Cauley-Stein

Boring Quotes

I never started doing the videos because I thought they were going to get millions of views. I started doing them because I was at home, and I was bored.

Quotes by William Singe

Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful, or to discover something that is true.

Quotes by William Inge

Work appealed to me; school did not. I was a disinterested, bored student.

Quotes by William E. Simon

I have never been bored an hour in my life. I get up every morning wondering what new strange glamorous thing is going to happen and it happens at fairly regular intervals.

Quotes by William Allen White

Basically, I hate conformity. I hate people telling me what to do. It makes me want to smash things. So-called normal behaviour patterns make me so bored, I could throw up!

Quotes by Wendy O. Williams

Dull Quotes

I get very bored easily. I'm a child of the Internet or whatever; I want more and more of new and interesting things.

Quotes by Washed Out

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Quotes by W. H. Auden

The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.

Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham

I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.

Voltaire

Whatever movies I sign, they have to get me out of my comfort zone. Otherwise, I would get bored very easily.

Quotes by Vir Das

Monotony Quotes

People say you can get bored of the sunshine in L.A. No, you can't.

Quotes by Vinnie Jones

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these bored quotes have in common?
Most of them treat boredom as a reaction to repetition or conformity. One calls conventional habits something that makes a person say, "So-called normal behaviour patterns make me so bored, I could throw up!" while another observes that "the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition."
Why do some quotes connect boredom to always wanting something new?
One quote frames it that way directly: "I get very bored easily." It goes on to explain this as a side effect of being "a child of the Internet," always wanting "more and more of new and interesting things" — boredom as impatience with the familiar rather than simple idleness.
Do any quotes suggest boredom can be a way of avoiding discomfort?
Yes — one puts it bluntly: "The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress," suggesting that tuning out can be a form of self-protection rather than a lack of interest.
How is boredom different from something being "boring" on this site?
These quotes describe the felt experience of being under-stimulated or restless, while the Boring quotes collection leans more toward what makes a person, place, or thing tedious to others.
Where can I find more quotes about restlessness or monotony?
Try the Monotony quotes page for repetition-focused lines, or Tired quotes for fatigue and weariness — both moods sit close to boredom without being identical to it.

Some lines here lean toward outright rebellion against sameness, others simply admit how fast novelty fades. Pair them with Boring or Dull quotes for more on life's slower, flatter moments.