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In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice...

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

Quote by Richard Bach about sacrifice, boredom, order, contentment

As actors, the thing we have to fight, more than even the...

As actors, the thing we have to fight, more than even the business part of making movies, is boredom.

Quote by Linda Fiorentino about boredom, actors, fight, affair, things

A meeting's length will be directly proportional to the...

A meeting's length will be directly proportional to the boredom the speaker produces.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about meetings, boredom

EMS is extended periods of boredom, interrupted by...

EMS is extended periods of boredom, interrupted by moments of sheer terror.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine, boredom, fear

The chief product of an automated society is a widespread...

The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.

Quote by C. Northcote Parkinson about society, boredom, common sense, sense

I don’t believe in an afterlife, so I don’t have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.

Quote by Isaac Asimov about opinion, hell, boredom, faith, life

The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, ...

The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.

Quote by Guy de Maupassant about life, boredom, shadow, smile

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for...

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

Quote by Dorothy Parker about opinion, curiosity, boredom

It seems that boredom is one of the greatest discoveries...

It seems that boredom is one of the greatest discoveries of our time.

Quote by Luchino Visconti about opinion, boredom, time

Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty...

Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about society

I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually...

I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.

Quote by Bette Davis about tears

I get irritated, nervous, very tense or stressed, but...

I get irritated, nervous, very tense or stressed, but never bored.

Quote by Catherine Deneuve

To wait, for an actor, is not like someone who's waiting...

To wait, for an actor, is not like someone who's waiting to see the doctor. It's not the kind of wait where you get bored.

Quote by Catherine Deneuve about actors, contentment

I am bored with it all.

I am bored with it all.

Quote by Winston Churchill

I get bored talking about myself, but I can talk about...

I get bored talking about myself, but I can talk about the work.

Quote by Glenn Close about talking, work

There's a rebirth that goes on with us continuously as human beings. I don't understand, personally, how you can be bored. I can understand how you can be depressed, but I just don't understand boredom.

Quote by Dustin Hoffman about depression, boredom, human imperfections, contentment

My biggest ambition is never to be bored. I'm not...

My biggest ambition is never to be bored. I'm not aggressive enough to strongly run after being an actress.

Quote by Anjelica Huston about film, ambition, being

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

Quote by John Keats about boredom, earth, poetry

The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, ...

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

Quote by William Somerset Maugham about world

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

Quote by Evelyn Waugh about opinion, punctuality, virtue

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