#boring

Travel books are, by and large, boring. They lodge uncomfortably between fact, fiction and autobiography. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#between #books #boring #fact #fiction

Laboring men can perform for themselves the office of becoming their own employers. ↗

— Leland Stanford

#employers #laboring #men #office #own

The employer class is less indispensable in the modern organization of industries because the laboring men themselves possess sufficient intelligence to organize into co-operative relation and enjoy the entire benefits of their own labor. ↗

— Leland Stanford

#benefits #class #co-operative #employer #enjoy

We have to take risks with art. If we don't, it all becomes a bit boring. ↗

— Julie Walters

#becomes #bit #boring #risks #take

The good thing about flying solo is it's never boring. ↗

— Steve Fossett

#boring #flying #good #good thing #never

Somebody's boring me. I think it's me. ↗

— Dylan Thomas

#i #i think #me #somebody #think

Lies that do not hurt, which are different from lies that protect oneself or hurt another person. That is not my business. But the truth is mostly very boring, and you can help it along with lies. There is no harm in that. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#another #boring #business #different #harm

Attacking a provincial lord in his manor house, surrounded by guards...Honestly, Kell, I'd nearly forgotten how foolhardy you can be. "Foolhardy?" Kelsier asked with a laugh. "that wasn't foolhardy - that was just a small diversion. You should see some of the things I'm planning to do! Dockson stood for a moment then he laughed too. "By the Lord Ruler, it's good to have you back, kell! I'm afraid I've grown rather boring during the last few years" "We'll fix that" Kelsier promised. ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

#dockson #dox #foolhardy #funny #getting-boring

I’m not good at talking. Can’t I just nod my way through a conversation? It’s better than nodding off. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#conversation #conversations #humor #nod #nodding-off

I was 17, and all I wanted to do was to get away from England and the awful, boring boarding schools I'd been going to there. The last one was taught by monks, and I couldn't wait to get out. ↗

— Jared Harris

#awful #been #boarding #boring #england