“I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy.”
Oscar Wilde
“The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.”
C. Northcote Parkinson
“Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.”
R. I. Fitzhenry
“There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever.”
Viggo Mortensen
“The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes.”
Susan Sontag
“Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need”
Voltaire
“A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
