When people are deprived of a sense, their other senses get heightened. If you're culturally devoid of something - of weather, of artistry, of interesting architecture, all the way down the line to culture itself - you're either forced to give in and get that car dealership, or you manufacture those things for yourself. Tim Burton
Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?
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Friedrich Nietzsche
I really think I write about everyday life. I don't think I'm quite as odd as others say I am. Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time. At any given moment the floor may open up. Of course, it almost never...
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Edward Gorey
The absence of the will to live is, alas, not sufficient to make one want to die.
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Michel Houellebecq
Boredom can be a lethal thing on a small island.
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Christopher Moore
What's this about?"" Finally. Interest, " was the only response." If this is one of your tricks.." Like the time Torin had ordered hundreds of blow-up dolls and placed them throughout the fortress, all because Paris had foolishly complained about the lack of female companionship...
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Gena Showalter
More Quotes By Tim Burton
Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.
There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.
The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.
We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities but its own talents.
