3 Gilbert Keith Chesterton Quotes on Boredom

Gilbert Keith Chesterton quotes on boredom

78. There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.

109. When some English moralists write about the importance of having character, they appear to mean only the importance of having a dull character.

114. For fear of the newspapers politicians are dull, and at last they are too dull even for the newspapers. The speeches in our time are more careful and elaborate, because they are meant to be read, and not to be heard. And exactly because they are more careful and elaborate, they are not so likely to be worthy of a careful and elaborate report. They are not interesting enough. So the moral cowardice of modern politicians has, after all, some punishment attached to it by the silent anger of heaven. Precisely because our political speeches are meant to be reported, they are not worth reporting. Precisely because they are carefully designed to be read, nobody reads them.