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Quotes About Tedious

Algunos días a finales de Agosto son en casa como éste, el aire fino y anhelante como éste, habiendo en él algo triste y nostálgico y familiar. El hombre la suma de sus experiencias climáticas, dijo Padre. El hombre la suma de lo que te dé la gana. Un problema de propiedades impuras tediosamente arrastrado hacia una inmutable nada: jaquemate de polvo y deseo.
~ William Faulkner
El hombre es la suma de sus experiencias climáticas, decía padre. El hombre es la suma de lo que tiene. Un problema acerca de propiedades impuras que se arrastran tediosamente hacia una invariable nada: un jaque mate de polvo y deseo.
~ William Faulkner
and generally acquainted yourself with how tedious normal life is...
~ Christopher Brookmyre
But the grinding of even soft stones is a tedious and laborious process; granite or diorite, both extremely hard, demand a willingness to endure drudgery that no human group had ever imposed in itself before. Our very word to express ennui, 'boring,' derives from-boring. Here was ritual repetition pushed almost beyond endurance.
~ Lewis Mumford
It is formatted, and I'm tired of using vi. I get really bored.
~ Bill Joy
Science fiction rarely is about scientists doing real science, in its slowness, its vagueness, the sort of tedious quality of getting out there and digging amongst rocks and then trying to convince people that what you're seeing justifies the conclusions you're making.
~ Kim Stanley Robinson
I had the most boring office job in the world...I used to clean the windows on envelopes.
~ Rita Rudner
I can't imagine saying the same joke for three hours. I don't know how that would work.
~ Daniela Bobadilla
What is the real problem? Actually, there are two. First, meetings are boring. They are tedious, unengaging, and dry. Even if people had nothing else to do with their time, the monotony of sitting through an uninspired staff meeting, conference call, or two-day off-site would have to rank right up there with the most painful activities of modern business culture.
~ Patrick Lencioni
Like so many other nerdy, disaffected young people of that time, I dreamed of becoming an 'artist', i.e., somebody whose adult job was original and creative instead of tedious and dronelike.
~ David Foster Wallace
Sometimes what's important is dull.
~ David Foster Wallace
Sometimes what's important is dull. Sometimes it's work. Sometimes the important things aren't works of art for your entertainment, X.
~ David Foster Wallace
Neighbours, you are tedious. DOGBERRY It pleases your worship to say so, but we are the poor duke's officers; but truly, for mine own part, if I were as tedious as a king, I could find it in my heart to bestow it all of your worship.
~ William Shakespeare
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man; And bitter shame hath spoil'd the sweet world's taste, That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.
~ William Shakespeare
real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring." Beyond
~ William Styron
One of his primary duties as the High King appears to be reminding her she isn't personally responsible for solving every tedious problem and carrying out every tedious execution in all of Elfhame. He wouldn't mind causing a little torment here or there, of a non-murdery sort, but her view of their positions seems overburdened with chores.
~ Holly Black
It is tedious to tell again tales already plainly told.
~ Homer
In this troublesome world, we are never quite satisfied. When you were here, I thought you hindered me some in attending to business; but now, having nothing but business---no variety---it has grown exceedingly tasteless to me. I hate to sit down and direct documents, and I hate to stay in this old room by myself.
~ Unknown
My son . . . guilt, in proper measure, can be a useful emotion. However, when indulged to excess it becomes self-defeating, and even worse, tedious.
~ Lisa Kleypas
With all due respect to 'The Vampire Diaries,' doing the same thing, over and over again, for essentially five years straight, it really becomes laborious and tedious, and it becomes a job. You obviously find gratification in acting, but you're playing the same character. No matter how compelling it is, it starts feeling pretty monotonous.
~ Paul Wesley
Every day is important for us because it is a day ordained by God. If we are bored with life there is something wrong with our concept of God and His involvement in our daily lives. Even the most dull and tedious days of our lives are ordained by God and ought to be used by us to glorify Him.
~ Jerry Bridges
Domestic work, is, after all, both tedious and repetitive, and it is not surprising that most women and all men avoid as much of it as possible.
~ Unknown
A lot of scientists hate writing. Most scientists love being in the lab and doing the work and when the work is done, they are finished.
~ Stephen Jay Gould
Film work can be tedious and sort of all over the place, especially when you have a family and you're going off and doing things somewhere else.
~ Zachary Knighton