A Quote by Tallulah Bankhead

If I were well behaved, I'd die of boredom.

Tallulah Bankhead

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Behaved Boredom Die Well Were

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Tallulah Bankhead
American - Actress
January 31, 1902 - December 12, 1968

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Sarah Dunant

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Alexander McCall Smith

To die for the sake of dying - I prefer to die of passion than to die of boredom!

Vincent Van Gogh

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Bertrand Russell

I'm from a fancy, well-raised background. We were very well-behaved and not allowed to swear. It's the kind of place where people hide their problems under the rug and pretend it's all perfect. Eventually, you get sick of that.

Tove Lo

One wonders what would happen in a society in which there were no rules to break. Doubtless everyone would quickly die of boredom.

Susan Howatch

And fantasy it was, for we were not strong, only aggressive; we were not free, merely licensed; we were not compassionate, we were polite; not good, but well behaved. We courted death in order to call ourselves brave, and hid like thieves from life. We substituted good grammar for intellect; we switched habits to simulate maturity; we rearranged lies and called it truth, seeing in the new pattern of an old idea the Revelation and the Word.

Toni Morrison

I would never scream at my kids, never raise my voice. But as they often tell me, they were so well behaved that screaming was not necessary.

Marv Albert

According to Gur's theory of boredom, everything that happens in the world today is because of boredom: love, war, inventions, fake fireplaces - ninety-five percent of all that is pure boredom.

Etgar Keret

The poorer children were, to her mind, often better behaved, less whiny, more creative in making use of their own time, and have a well-developed sense of independence.