William S. Broomfield Quotes

It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos.

I do not write often now - not for want of something to say, but from a loathing of all I see and hear. Why dwell upon it?

Boredom is rage spread thin.

Cynicism, I contend, is the wailing of someone who believes that things are, or should be, or could be, much, much better than they are.

One of the key emotions a lot of people seem to be feeling is disillusionment, and what I try to do as a lyricist is touch on these emotions.

I do not like sitting idly by when something clearly isn't right. I feel... not trapped but something like it, and I don't know what to about.

I have been back in Paris for two weeks. Nothing new. Life is still bitter.

If I could get my membership fee back, I'd resign from the human race.

Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.

Most of the time I don't have much fun. The rest of the time I don't have any fun at all.

I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don't believe in people just hoping.

I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd meet, they'd come and seek me out, we'd talk about the future. And I found that their depression and pessimism was every bit as acute as mine.

Many young Muslims see no opportunities for themselves and do not feel they have control over their lives or a stake in their nation's future. Such pessimism leads to disengagement. We risk losing a generation of young Muslims to apathy and extremism.

I am basically a complainer and all the grounds for complaint have been swept out from under me.

I mean, it's pretty disillusioning for all of us right now, and we feel pretty helpless when Congress, their approval rating is thirteen percent, and across the board, whether you're a Democrat or a Republican, you sort of want to walk in and fire everybody.

I hate entertainment.

Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck.

I was kind of bored playing drums in a band. Which was depressing, because playing in the band was kind of a golden ticket.

I feel not unlike a small boy, waking from a bad dream to find reality not much of an improvement.

I was just tired of losing... Life was passing me by.

A Senator of the United States … serves his people by joining in the petty squabbles that occupy so much time of the Senate today. I may have grown cynical from long service, but this is a tendency I do not like, and I sometimes think I’d rather be a dog and bay at the moon than stay in the Senate another six years and listen to it.

I’m angry with what’s happening to our country and angry with myself that I can’t do more.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

While one might laugh at the meaningless boredom of people a decade or two ago, the emptiness has for many now moved from the state of boredom to a state of futility and despair, which holds promise of dangers.

I hate not playing. That's the bottom line.