Loneliness tortures many if not most of the elderly more intensely and more frequently than it torments many if not most of us who will never be or have not yet been pushed or pulled into old age.

Boredom is probably more frequent and more tormenting if you do not have sight or hands.

Being bored is the price we pay for not being insane.

There is no such thing as a boring person when you are lonely or extremely bored.

When you are unemployed, weekends are seven days long.

The only activity a cynic will find contagious is yawning, that is, with other people, at other people.

The boring thing with taking a walk with someone is that your thoughts are then dictated by the subject or subjects of your conversation and that is made worse by the fact that most sane people are terrified of silence whenever they are with or near someone.

Some people are still alive only because they find being dead more boring than being alive.

Beware of those who are bored and not passionate about life, for they will bore you with reasons for not living.

Seriousness is too boring to the playful human condition. A heart of stone that has a long face can never express love.

Before you get bored of yourself try creativity in your life.

Never believe a friend who offered you his friendship just because he was getting bored.

People fear nothing as much as boredom and they will do unimaginable things to make it go away.

Be bold, don't be boring.

My life doesn't bore me, because I know its worth. So when I let you be part of it, ensure you add value and not attempt to devalue it; or else you can never be part of my future.

The modern man is usually in a hurry to get to a destination from which he will sooner or later suffer from and at times complain about boredom.

Success and failure can both make you lose appetite and concentration, don't let it bother or over-excite you, just think them away as a mere thing that had just happened, and get along with your life.

On the one hand we can't be alone, people like us; on the other we can't stand company. We can't stand male company, which bores us to death, or female company either. I gave up male company for years because it's totally unprofitable, and female company gets on my nerves in no time.

Two wives despaired of him,’ he said. ‘When he got engaged to Sylvia, she made it a condition that he should take the cure at Zurich. And it worked. He came back in three months a different man. And he hasn't touched a drop since, even though Sylvia walked out on him.’ ‘Why did she do that?’Well, poor Charlie got rather a bore when he stopped drinking. But that’s not really the point of the story.

Well, if you weren't flirting with him"-his voice had now grown a little plaintive-"who was he, and what did you want with him anyway?""If you are so determined to bore me, I may just have to go home." Astrid sighed carelessly, "What a shame, when I am wearing such a pretty dress.