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Boredom Quotes

The itch behind every idle moment.

This set treats boredom as something more interesting than it sounds: one writer calls it a form of judgment in disguise, another describes it hatching real experience the way an egg hatches something Bored minds rarely expect.

Boredom does get you into trouble and we footballers have a lot of time on our hands, and sometimes we fill up that time with stuff that isn't always positive.

Quotes by Adebayo Akinfenwa

I wanted to make good records. But my problem is I've got a low boredom threshold, so I wanted it to look and sound different with each album, which is really tantamount to suicide, cause people lose it, they lose...

Quotes by Adam Ant

Boredom is not a thing. It's not a feeling or a condition. It is the absence of feelings, things and conditions.

Quotes by A. A. Gill

People collect boredom, they hoard it, they wallow in it, hoping that one day it'll be of interest and become an effete ennui. Let me tell you, it doesn't.

Quotes by A. A. Gill

Being Quotes

Much is forgiven anyone who relieves the desperate boredom of the working press.

Quotes by William Weld

How some of the writers I come across get through their books without dying of boredom is beyond me.

Quotes by William Gaddis

I did nine episodes of 'John Doe.' I died of boredom.

Quotes by William Forsythe

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

Quotes by Wendell Phillips

Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away.

Quotes by Walter Benjamin

Bored Quotes

When we hold back out of laziness, that is when we tie ourselves into knots of boredom.

Quotes by Walter Annenberg

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

Quotes by Wallace Stevens

There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever.

Quotes by Viggo Mortensen

Idleness allows you to turn a situation from boredom to pleasure.

Quotes by Tom Hodgkinson

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

Quotes by Thomas Carlyle

Fear Quotes

Sooner barbarity than boredom.

Quotes by Theophile Gautier

For me, the opposite of happiness isn't sadness but boredom.

Quotes by Sushant Singh Rajput

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

Quotes by Susan Sontag

This is the curse of our age, even the strangest aberrations are no cure for boredom.

Quotes by Stendhal

Since boredom advances and boredom is the root of all evil, no wonder, then, that the world goes backwards, that evil spreads. This can be traced back to the very beginning of the world. The gods were bored; therefore they...

Quotes by Soren Kierkegaard

Good Quotes

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

Quotes by Soren Kierkegaard

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Boredom quotes page about?
It frames boredom as something more interesting than it sounds, tying it to judgment, creativity, and restlessness rather than simple emptiness.
Why do people search for quotes about boredom?
Boredom is a nearly universal feeling, and a well-put line can validate it or reframe it as something productive rather than wasted time.
Is there a quote linking boredom to creativity?
Yes, one line describes boredom as the very thing that hatches real experience, comparing it to an egg cracking open into something new.
Does any quote connect boredom to laziness?
One entry ties pulling back out of sheer laziness directly to that same restless, knotted feeling, suggesting the two reinforce each other.
What should I read next after Boredom quotes?
Try Bored quotes for a closer match, or Fear quotes for a related emotional angle.

Pulling back out of sheer laziness gets tied directly to that same restless, knotted feeling, and even scholars are shown wilting once the unknown runs out. See also Being and Fear quotes.