Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

—Evelyn Waugh

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About Evelyn Waugh

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Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (; 28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966) was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books; he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer. His most famous works include the early satires Decline and Fall (1928) and A Handful of Dust (1934),...

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It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.

—Evelyn Waugh

Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.

—Evelyn Waugh

Yes is how you get your first job, and your next job, and your spouse, and even your kids. Even if it's a bit edgy, a bit out of your comfort zone, saying yes means that you will do something new, meet someone new and make a difference.

—Evelyn Waugh

One can write, think, and pray exclusively of others; dreams are all egocentric.

—Evelyn Waugh

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Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself.

—Gerald Brenan

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I like life. It's something to do.

—Ronnie Shakes

Life is boring. People are vengeful. Good things always end. We do so many things and we don't know why, and if we do find out why, it's decades later and knowing why doesn't matter any more.

—Douglas Coupland in All Families are Psychotic

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There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?

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I don't know how to have casual conversation. You think you're talking about one thing, and either you are and it's incredibly boring, or you're not because it's subtext and you need a decoder ring.

—Sir Anthony Hawkins

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