#bored

The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#describing #ghost #hath #holy #holy ghost

... he preferred being stimulated to being bored. ↗

— Ruth Harris

#decades #life-and-living #life

It is formatted, and I'm tired of using vi. I get really bored. ↗

— Bill Joy

#get #i #really #tired #using

In the end, my reasons for moving down the timeline and introducing a new cast have more to do with keeping myself entertained, on the assumption that if I get bored, my readers are going to be even more bored. ↗

— Raymond E. Feist

#bored #cast #down #end #entertained

Kids enjoy laughing and are seldom bored when they find something funny. They also ask questions, often to adults, because they understand that the more words they can comprehend about a funny story or a joke, the more they'll enjoy it. ↗

— Brian P. Cleary

#also #ask #because #bored #comprehend

Charles' conversation was as flat as a street pavement, on which everybody's ideas trudged past, in their workday dress, provoking no emotion, no laughter, no dreams. At Rouen, he said, he had never had any desire to go and see a Paris company at the theatre. He couldn't swim, or fence, or fire a pistol, and was unable to explain a riding term she came across in a novel one day. Wheras a man, surely, should know about everything; excel in a multitude of activities, introduce you to passion in all its force, to life in all its grace, initiate you in all mysteries! But this one had nothing to teach; knew nothing, wanted nothing. He thought she was unhappy; and she hated him for that placid immobility, that stolid serenity of his, for that very happiness which she herself brought him. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#contentment #static #dreams

While it may be true that the UAE has been an ally since the September 11, 2001, attacks, the American people know it has also harbored and aided some of the al Qaeda agents who were involved in that attack. ↗

— Bart Gordon

#aided #al #ally #also #american

Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom. ↗

— Ruth Gordon

#discussing #how #old #temple #you

Boredom or being sick of what you've done before is a big part of being in a band. ↗

— Alex Kapranos

#before #being #big #boredom #done

Violence is spiritual junk food, and boredom is spiritual anorexia. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#catholicism #christianity #jesus-shock #philosophy #sloth