And I not only inherited an aversion to the nine-to-five routine, but the sense from my parents that being bored and boring is the worst thing that you can be.
There is no sin worse in life than being boring and nothing worse than letting other people tell you what to do.
The only thing worse than being misquoted is being sentenced to two years' hard labour for buggery
I've always been terrified about being bored. I always think being bored is the worst thing. The only strategic decision I ever made as an actor was to try and make each job as different as possible.
Doing anything when you're bored is very very boring. Anyway, doing nothing is the point of being bored. The pleasure of being bored ismooning about and doing nothing.
Is 'fat' really the worst thing a human being can be? Is 'fat' worse than 'vindictive', 'jealous', 'shallow', 'vain', 'boring' or 'cruel'? Not to me.
There is no sin worse in life than being boring.
The only thing worse than dying is living a boring life.
The only thing worse than watching a bad movie is being in one.
The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.
There are worse things than having behaved foolishly in public. There are worse things than these miniature betrayals, committed or endured or suspected; there are worse things than not being able to sleep for thinking about them. It is 5 a.m. All the worse things come stalking in and stand icily about the bed looking worse and worse and worse.
The only thing worse than domestic violence or abuse is being accused of it when you haven't done it.
It's one of the worst things in our profession, being on the bench. The only worse thing is being injured.
There's a story everywhere. Being bored to death someplace is basically a funny proposition. What you have to watch out for is you don't write a boring story about a boring place.
There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
The only thing in the world worse than being Oscar Wilde is not being Oscar Wilde.