Dull

Famous quotes containing the word dull:

“It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man’s desire. Indeed it will—in a dull man.”
—John Osborne (1929–1994)

“Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety as after disappointment; that background which the painter may not daub, be he master or bungler, and which, however awkward a figure we may have made in the foreground, remains ever our inviolable asylum, where no indignity can assail, no personality can disturb us.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Like a dull actor now
I have forgot my part, and I am out,
Even to a full disgrace.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)