Thomas Cahill (1940) American scholar and writer
Source: Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter (2003), Ch.VII The Way They Went: Greco-Roman Meets Judeo-Christian
Thomas Cahill (1940) American scholar and writer
Source: Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter (2003), Ch.VII The Way They Went: Greco-Roman Meets Judeo-Christian
“People with ambition don't give a damn what other people think of them.”
Diane Setterfield (1964) English novelist
“People soon get tired of things that aren't boring, but not of what is boring.”
Haruki Murakami book Kafka on the Shore
Source: Kafka on the Shore (2002), Chapter 13
Alberto Moravia book L'Ennui
In principio, dunque, era la noia, volgarmente chiamata caos. Iddio, annoiandosi della noia, creò la terra, il cielo, l'acqua, gli animali, le piante, Adamo ed Èva; i quali ultimi, annoiandosi a loro volta in paradiso, mangiarono il frutto proibito. Iddio si annoiò di loro e li cacciò dall'Eden.
La noia (Milano: Bompiani, 1960) pp. 10-11; Angus Davidson (trans.) Boredom (New York: New York Review of Books, 1999) p. 8.
“I give boring people something to discuss over corn.”
Aimee Bender (1969) Novelist, short story writer
Source: The Girl in the Flammable Skirt
“When people are bored, it is primarily with their own selves that they are bored.”
Eric Hoffer (1898–1983) American philosopher
“We could have saved the earth, but we were too damned cheap.”
Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007) American writer
If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young (2013)