Quotes by Dull The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it, But in another country, as he said, Bore a bright golden flow'r, but not in this soil; Unknown, and like esteem'd, and the dull swain Treads on it daily with his clouted shoon. John Milton boredom country dull No Sierra landscape that I have seen holds anything truly dead or dull, or any trace of what in manufactories is called rubbish or waste; everything is perfectly clean and pure and full of divine lessons. John Muir rubbish lessons dull However good you may be you have faults; however dull you may be you can find out what some of them are, and however slight they may be you had better make some - not too painful, but patient efforts to get rid of them. John Ruskin effort pain dull Curiosity is a gift, a capacity of pleasure in knowing, which if you destroy, you make yourself cold and dull. John Ruskin curiosity knowing dull All traveling becomes dull in exact proportion to its rapidity. John Ruskin proportion dull I believe a lot in instinct. One should never dull it by wanting to know everything. One shouldn't ask too many questions but do what one does properly, never rush, and never torment oneself. Josef Sudek doe believe dull Recreation is intended to the mind as whetting is to the scythe, to sharpen the edge of it, which otherwise would grow dull and blunt,--as good no scythe as no edge. Joseph Hall scythes mind dull It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull. Joseph Conrad ironic safe dull 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. Joseph Stowell boring blessing dull Contrology is not a fatiguing system of dull, boring, abhorred exercises repeated daily "ad-nausem". Joseph Pilates pilates exercise dull Authors have established it as a kind of rule, that a man ought to be dull sometimes; as the most severe reader makes allowances for many rests and nodding-places in a voluminous writer. Joseph Addison kindness men dull Making a movie is a long, dull process. There's a lot of waiting around. Julia Louis-Dreyfus waiting-around long dull It's very hard to dramatise something factual and not make it look overdone, but also not to make it look so under-dramatised that it's dull. Julia Sawalha factual dull looks The British cinema had been very dull and conformist. Karel Reisz british cinema dull There was a dull pang of regret because it was not the kiss of love which had inflamed her, because it was not love which had held this cup of life to her lips. Kate Chopin kissing regret dull Evil is dull, that is the worst of it. Katherine Anne Porter worst evil dull Only dull and impotent artists screen their work with sincerity. In art there is need for truth, not sincerity. Kazimir Malevich dull art needs My books are better thought about than read. They're insanely dull and unreadable.But they're wonderful to talk about and think about, to dip in and out of, to hold, to have on your shelf. Kenneth Goldsmith book dull thinking If the gospel is old news to you, it will be dull news to everyone else. Kevin DeYoung old-news news dull The faces I see in the modeling industry can get dull. Kevyn Aucoin modeling-industry faces dull «56789101112131415»