Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.Quote by Walter Bagehot about tests, bad luck, bad, good, good luck
Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because the reader has made a different commitment.Quote by Lynn Abbey about love, writing, common sense, sense
The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve.Quote by Dean Acheson about politics
My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation.Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle about existence, problems, mind, work
He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him great.Quote by Samuel Johnson about nation, people
Display advertising and the movies, though they may dull the wits, certainly stimulate the eyes.Quote by John Dos Passos about advertising, eyes
As every child knows, chemistry with nothing stronger than vinegar soon becomes dull.Quote by Martin Lewis Perl about children, nothing
I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.Quote by Oprah Winfrey about truth, conflict, experience, woman, life
It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull.Quote by Joseph Conrad about delusion
Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causes you to bump into people not going your way.Quote by Edna Ferber about past, affair, people
Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.Quote by William Somerset Maugham about opinion, perfection