#tedious

Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#forced #help #life #long #long life

But I tend to think of the expressive part of me as rather tedious - never curious or responsive, but blind and self-serving. ↗

— Mark Strand

#curious #expressive #i #me #never

I believe it's a real tedious hostage negotiation to have a marriage be what it is. ↗

— Brad Garrett

#hostage #i #i believe #marriage #negotiation

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#become #even #friends #friendship #greatest

Michael Palin decided to give up on his considerable comedy talents to make those dreadfully tedious travel shows. Have you ever tried to watch one? ↗

— John Cleese

#considerable #decided #dreadfully #ever #give

Play difficult and interesting things. If you play boring things, you risk losing your appetite. Saxophone can be tedious with too much of the same. ↗

— Steve Lacy

#boring #boring things #difficult #interesting #interesting things

All the papers contained nothing but fantastic stories about the war. However, for several months we had been accustomed to war talk. We had so often packed our service trunks that the whole thing had become tedious. ↗

— Manfred von Richthofen

#accustomed #become #been #contained #fantastic

The reason it takes us from November the second to December the sixth to certify is because we have a very tedious, very comprehensive process where we audit by precinct, across the state, every vote that was cast to make sure that every vote that was legally cast is counted. ↗

— Kenneth Blackwell

#audit #because #cast #certify #comprehensive

I hate biographies which say, I was called to such and such an office, and he offered me so and so, and I got so and so money. I find that very tedious. The best biographies are written by other people. ↗

— Leslie Caron

#biographies #called #find #got #hate

And film acting is incredibly tedious, just by its nature. It's incredibly, mind numbingly slow. ↗

— Hugh Grant

#film #film acting #incredibly #just #mind