All man's troubles come from not knowing how to sit still in one room. ~Blaise Pascal; Pens?es; 1670


Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice; more drunkards than thirst; and perhaps as many suicides as despair. ~C.C. Colton


Boredom is like a pitiless zooming in on the epidermis of time. Every instant is dilated and magnified like the pores of the face. ~Charlotte Whitton


The war between being and nothingness is the underlying illness of the twentieth century. Boredom slays more of existence than war. ~Norman Mailer


Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist; since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it. ~Bertrand Russell; The Conquest of Happiness


Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. ~Evelyn Waugh


Boredom flourishes too; when you feel safe. It's a symptom of security. ~Eugene Ionesco


Grasp your opportunities; no matter how poor your health; nothing is worse for your health than boredom. ~Mignon McLaughlin; The Second Neurotic's Notebook; 1966


Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity; that nothing is. ~Thomas Szasz


When I get real bored; I like to drive downtown and get a great parking spot; then sit in my car and count how many people ask me if I'm leaving. ~-Steven Wright


Boredom is an emptiness filled with insistence. ~Leo Stein


The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. ~Dorothy Parker (Thanks; Kaitlin)


Boredom is a sickness the cure for which is work; pleasure is only a palliative. ~Le Duc de L?vis; M?moires


I am never bored anywhere:? being bored is an insult to oneself. ~Jules Renard