Dull Quotes

We could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live together in the same box.

Be wise among the wise, but pretend to be dull among fools.

Too much shine, can dull the soul

Philadelphia merely seems dull because it's next to exciting Camden, New Jersey.

If everybody likes you, you're pretty dull.

Only dull and impotent artists screen their work with sincerity. In art there is need for truth, not sincerity.

If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.

There are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world without them.

Facts are what pedantic, dull people have instead of opinions.

Taxonomy (the science of classification) is often undervalued as a glorified form of filing-with each species in its folder, like a stamp in its prescribed place in an album; but taxonomy is a fundamental and dynamic science, dedicated to exploring the causes of relationships and similarities among organisms. Classifications are theories about the basis of natural order, not dull catalogues compiled only to avoid chaos.

Being dull and boring is far more tragic than being tacky.

In many cases a dull proof can be supplemented by a geometric analogue so simple and beautiful that the truth of a theorem is almost seen at a glance.

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.

What is known for certain is dull.

A wise person is full of questions. A dull person is full of answers.

Reptiles and amphibians are sometimes thought of as primitive, dull and dimwitted. In fact, of course, they can be lethally fast, spectacularly beautiful, surprisingly affectionate and very sophisticated.

She has often felt that her outsides were too dull for her insides, that deep within her there was something better than what everyone else could see.

All work and no play may make Jim a dull boy, but no work and all play makes Jim all kinds of a jackass.

The trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one.

The Lilly girl is always full of surprises. She lives everyday like it's a celebration, never has a dull moment, and makes every hour a happy hour.

If You Want To Rebel Against Society, Don’t Dull The Blade

We gave the Future to the winds, and slumbered tranquilly in the Present, weaving the dull world around us into dreams.

Do the dull things right so the extraordinary things will not be required too often.

Fiction is life with the dull bits left out.

Be anything you want to be, but don't be dull.

I think photography has made us see the landscape in a very dull way - that's one of its effects. It's not spatial.

I read a book lately by Nietzsche and he says religion is just to dull the senses of the people. I agree.

Quick music sounds dull unless every note is articulated.

A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize when he is dull.

It has been discovered that with a dull urban population, all formed under a mechanical system of State education, a suggestion or command, however senseless and unreasoned, will be obeyed if it be sufficiently repeated.

When I wrote the first [Bond novel] in 1953, I wanted Bond to be an extremely dull, uninteresting man to whom things happened... when I was casting around for a name for my protagonist I thought by God, [James Bond] is the dullest name I ever heard.

If I had followed my better judgment always, my life would have been a very dull one.

If Christianity is dull and boring, if it is a burden and not a blessing, then most likely we are involved in a project, not a Person - a system not a Savior, rules rather than a relationship.

Oh, wouldn't the world seem dull and flat with nothing whatever to grumble at?

Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching.

Marriage is a long, dull meal with dessert served at the beginning.

We have been educated to such a fine - or dull - point that we are incapable of enjoying something new, something different, until we are first told what it's all about. We don't trust our five senses; we rely on our critics and educators, all of whom are failures in the realm of creation. In short, the blind lead the blind. It's the democratic way.

The audience will always forgive you for being wrong and exciting, but never for being right and dull.

There are surely worse things than being wrong, and being dull and pedantic are surely among them.

At an early age, you started hearing it: It's a virtue to be "well-rounded." ... They might as well have said : Become as dull as you possibly can be.

Raised voices lower esteem. Hot tempers cool friendships. Loose tongues stretch truth. Swelled heads shrink influence. Sharp words dull respect.

Knicks and dull edges are abominations, so use knives and hatchets for nothing but they were made for.

With dates I like to cater a girl. We do whatever she likes. If she was open to what I wanted to do, it probably wouldn't be a dull date, because I am a jock.

The worst thing a politician can be is dull. At least I'm interesting.

With the truth so dull and depressing, the only working alternative is wild bursts of madness and filigree.

Likewise 'radical'. I'm only radical because the architectural profession has got lost. Architects are such a dull lot - and they're so convinced that they matter.

So I cradle this average violin that knows Only forgotten showtunes, but argues The possibility of free declamation anchored To a dull refrain.

Mathematics was hard, dull work, I thought; geography pleased me more. For my other studies, as well as for dancing, I was quite enthusiastic.

A story about my life would be utterly dull.

I drink the wine of aspiration and the drug of illusion. Thus I am never dull.