
“Never be bored, and you will never be boring.”
Source: You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life
“Never be bored, and you will never be boring.”
Source: You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life
“Never do anything that bores you.”
Succeeding in Science: Some Rules of Thumb (1993)
Context: Never do anything that bores you. My experience in science is that someone is always telling to do something that leaves you flat. Bad idea. I'm not good enough to do something I dislike. In fact, I find it hard enough to do something that I like. … Constantly exposing your ideas to informed criticism is very important, and I would venture to say that one reason both of our chief competitors failed to reach the Double Helix before us was that each was effectively very isolated.
“Cooking is like decorating — it never bores me.”
"Denning's Pot-au-Feu – A decorator indulges his passion for cuisine bourgeoise", by Suzanne Hart, House & Garden, March 1992
“All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.”
Source: Invisible Monsters
“The great consolation of righteousness is never having to worry whether you’re a bore.”
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Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays (2001)
“A Muslim will never get tired and bored of educating himself throughout his life.”
Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 467.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, Religious
“He had the satisfied countenance of a man who has never succeeded in boring himself.”
Page 45.
The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (1983)