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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.

Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom.

Quotes by Ruth Gordon

In marketing you must choose between boredom, shouting and seduction. Which do you want?

Quotes by Roy H. Williams

Years later, when I was working as a trolley wally in a supermarket, I tackled the boredom by talking to the customers in as many different accents as I could manage. I started with one that I didn't think would...

Quotes by Romesh Ranganathan

If I have to spend prolonged periods of time in a trailer, I go mad. Stuck in a metal box doing nothing, I lie there paralysed with boredom.

Quotes by Romola Garai

While one might laugh at the meaningless boredom of people a decade or two ago, the emptiness has for many now moved from the state of boredom to a state of futility and despair, which holds promise of dangers.

Quotes by Rollo May

The temptation to quit and start over infects every creative process I've ever been in. Frustration and boredom always fuel this self-doubt.

Quotes by Robert Lopez

I fear the boredom that comes with not learning and not taking chances.

Quotes by Robert Fulghum

I have a very low tolerance for boredom and often think I would have missed out on books entirely if I'd grown up in the Internet and video game age. Now I enjoy books for people of all ages, including...

Quotes by Rick Yancey

In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice.

Quotes by Richard Bach

Idle people are often bored and bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel. It is not accident that boredom and cruelty are great preoccupations in our time.

Quotes by Renata Adler

Who wants a world in which the guarantee that we shall not die of starvation entails the risk of dying of boredom?

Quotes by Raoul Vaneigem

Whenever Rod has four of five days off, he'll be bouncing off the walls with boredom.

Quotes by Penny Lancaster

Boredom is rage spread thin.

Quotes by Paul Tillich

Acting offers me an outlet. Here is the perfect opportunity to spend fleeting moments becoming an entirely different person; to experience a character entirely unlike myself, but to also make such a character a part of me. There is no...

Quotes by Osric Chau

A universal basic income doesn't give people dignity or protect them from boredom and vice.

Quotes by Oren Etzioni

What Facebook wants to create an association with is every time you're bored, every time you have a few minutes. We know that, psychologically speaking, boredom is painful. Whenever you're feeling bored, whenever you have a few extra minutes, this...

Quotes by Nir Eyal

Long-term boredom can't lead to anything good.

Quotes by Nicholas Hoult

One should only see a psychiatrist out of boredom.

Quotes by Muriel Spark

Miss Searle had always considered boredom an intellectual defeat.

Quotes by Mary Renault

In love there are no vacations. No such thing. Love has to be lived fully with its boredom and all that.

Quotes by Marguerite Duras

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.