It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.
A new gadget that lasts only five minutes is worth more than an immortal work that bores everyone.
My agent was ambitious for me. But going out and chasing it? No, I'd rather work in my vegetable garden or play with my kid. I guess I'm kind of boring.
I can't say that my disability has helped my work, but it has allowed me to concentrate on research without having to lecture or sit on boring committees.
The fact that the talk may be boring or turgid or uninspiring should not cause us to forget the fact that it is preferable to war.
He grinned. It was a wicked grin, the kind that made the blood in Clary's veins run a little faster. "You want to go on a date?" Caught off guard, she stammered. "A wh-what?" "A date," Jace repeated. "Often 'a boring thing you have to memorize in his...
You see, that's the thing with you detrus," Chase began in a contemplative tone. "Your bodies are abominations. If I severed your arms--" Lothaire yawned loudly. "--you'd merely regenerate from the injury. You might experience pain, but you wouldn't ...
I've begun worshipping the sun for a number of reasons. First of all, unlike some other gods I could mention, I can see the sun. It's there for me every day. And the things it brings me are quite apparent all the time: heat, light, food, and a lovely...
She dumped me for the worst reason of all. For absolutely no reason at all...I mean, if she fell in love with someone else, or I did something wrong, or I let her down in some unforgivable way...That, I'd understand, right? But instead, she said...it...
Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. Do things without always knowing how they'll turn out. You're curious and smart and bored, and all you see is the ...
I don’t know [why we're here]. People sometimes say to me, ‘Why don’t you admit that the humming bird, the butterfly, the Bird of Paradise are proof of the wonderful things produced by Creation?’ And I always say, well, when you say that, you...
Other Mr. Bobinsky: [slurred voice] You think winning game is good thing? You just go home and be bored and neglected, same as always. Stay here with us. We will listen to you, and laugh with you. If you stay here, you can have whatever you want... a...
He glanced up once, eyes bored. “Please stop talking. I’m trying to eat.
I'm bored," she said. "Learn how to tap-dance," he suggested, without turning around.
Fiction just makes it all more interesting. Truth is so boring.
I was perfectly happy in my boring life before you came along.
Children, bored and opinionated, are scholars of the most dogmatic stripe.
Everything smaller than Heaven bores us because only Heaven is bigger than our hearts.
The writer's curse is that even in solitude, no matter its duration, he never grows lonely or bored.
You wouldn't how boring of a job it is, tasting food to make sure it isn't poisoned.
He carries books everywhere he goes so he won’t have to be bored by people.
