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boredom made ennui
Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice. Charles Caleb Colton
boredom judging fool
To fool a judge, feign fascination, but to bamboozle the whole court, feign boredom. David Mitchell
boredom enemy television
The enemy of good television is boredom and predictability. David Nevins
boredom towns news
In small towns, news travels at the speed of boredom. Carlos Ruiz Zafon
boredom speech speak
Speak on, but be not over-tedious. William Shakespeare
boredom afternoon might
She had been bored all afternoon by Percy Gryce... but she could not ignore him on the morrow, she must follow up her success, must submit to more boredom, must be ready with fresh compliances and adaptibilities, and all on the bare chance that he might ultimately decide to do her the honour of boring her for life. Edith Wharton
boredom overcoming contemplating
Boredom soon overcomes me when I am contemplating nature. Edgar Degas
boredom burns enthusiasm fire plague worth
When fire burns the enthusiasm is worth seeing. People, who are enthusiastic and happy, lethargy and boredom never plague them. Rig Veda
boredom indifference contempt
He managed to convey indifference, contempt, and boredom in the one word. Charlaine Harris
indifference
Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference. Edmund Burke
indifference poet
RIMER, n. A poet regarded with indifference or disesteem. Ambrose Bierce
indifference distinction indifferent
INDIFFERENT, adj. Imperfectly sensible to distinctions among things.
indifference plague
Are you saying a society wracked by plague is preferable to one wracked by indifference? Bernard Beckett
indifference pathology
Everything is pathology, except for indifference. Emile M. Cioran
indifference blind terror
Neither love nor terror makes one blind: indifference makes one blind. James A. Baldwin
indifference disguise toleration
Toleration is often just indifference in disguise. Frederick Buechner
indifference
A woman can put up with almost anything; anything but indifference. Ian Fleming
indifference politeness organized
Politeness is organized indifference. Paul Valery
contempt heard held people president
Unfortunately I think that the young people must feel they are held in contempt by the president and not heard by him.
contempt department job learned running saw students worst younger
My worst boss was a departmental chair who never learned to appreciate new developments in the field. He had contempt for students and younger researchers, and he saw the job of running the department as a nuisance. Steven Pinker
contempt word writer wrote
Nabokov, who I loved more than any other writer when I was young, had such contempt for dialogue. When I was younger, I never wrote a word of dialogue because of him. I thought it was a childish part of a novel. Zadie Smith
contempt destroy devout except held jews others people save sayings showing wished
There are some of his sayings which show him to have been a devout Jew, others that he wished to destroy Judaism, others showing that he held all people except the Jews in contempt and that the wished to save no others, others showing that he wished Robert Ingersoll
contempt hold naturally
I can't hold too much contempt for him, because naturally he would be disappointed. Danny Green
contempt despised
Contempt is not a thing to be despised.
contempt control feeling hatred neither quite within
Hatred comes from the heart; contempt from the head; and neither feeling is quite within our control Arthur Schopenhauer
contempt father grew opinions speech
I grew up to have my father's looks- my father's speech patterns-my father's posture- my father's opinions and my mother's contempt for my father Jules Feiffer
contempt deal gone longer obviously penalty phase serious strike work
If they haven't gone back to work by Thursday, then we're going to have a very significant penalty phase to deal with. The longer the strike goes, obviously the more serious the contempt is.