Judith Martin Quotes

We bore ourselves in order to earn money that we'll later spend on trying to de-bore ourselves

Boredom is a pleasing antidote for fear

I'm 24, so I'll go out and, yeah, have a few drinks and dance - I love to dance - and have a good time, but I like to do other things, too. I like going to the beach and reading and hiking.

I'm bored. I need to be entertained. Sam is moping. I may kill him with his own guitar. It would give me something to do and also make him say something. Two birds with one stone!

Guests are the delight of leisure, and the solace of ennui.

Killing time is not an easy job.

You two go and have fun. I have plenty of stuff here to entertain me with. Plato rocks! (Tory)

I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.

Most people spend their lives on their endeavors, and I get the privilege to have been doing this since I was five. I get to go play and have fun and entertain people.

I am easily persuaded to continue to have fun.

Call me bored, but don't call me boring.

There comes a moment in the day when you have written your pages in the morning, attended to your correspondence in the afternoon, and have nothing further to do. Then comes that hour when you are bored; that's the time for sex.

A philistine is habitually bored and looks for things that won't bore him. An artist finds things boring, but is never bored.

To be successful, you need leisure. You need time hanging heavily on your hands.

The theater is so disappointing, really, that it's hard to go again and again. It's just too heartbreaking. I'd rather watch football or play a game or read.

Some people, they've had a lot of fun, even if it was dumb fun and a shitty body of work.

When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the country one amuses other people. It is excessively boring.

Art is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were supplied with food and women, to escape the tediousness of life.

To find recreation in amusement is not happiness.

My whole staff love to laugh and count the money. On the couch, hands in our pants like Al Bundy.

I think people need more to do in their life if my hair pisses them off.

Travel, trouble, music, art, a kiss, a frock, a rhyme -- I never said they feed my heart, but still they pass my time.

One night I couldn't sleep. It was like 2:00 in the morning. I was thinking, 'What can I do?' I'm watching TV. I'm like, 'Let me do something else.' I'm not going to fall asleep for a few hours. What are my hobbies? There was the masturbation option. I skipped that because just knowing my kids are down the hall I felt psychotic. So, I went with watching more TV. I couldn't come up with anything. I was going, 'God, read a book.' Then I was like this, 'Where do I keep the books?' I've got nothing to do but watch TV.

No man is really happy or safe without a hobby.

Our lives are quite boring. I spend a lot of time watching Coronation Street and Eastenders.