If the secret of being a bore is to tell all, the secret of pleasing is to say just enough to be… — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
I am often, I believe, praying for others when I should be doing things for them. It's so much easier to pray… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Trust Love, nor fear to soar upon his track. The wings that bore to Heaven will bear thee back. — Richard B. Garnett Copy Share Image
Bizarre as was the name she bore, Kim Ravenal always said she was thankful it had been no worse. — Edna Ferber Copy Share Image
I have been taunting the Reaper into taking a free scythe in my direction and have now succumbed to something so predictable… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
But how do I get to having to write a book?... It was a mother who bore me, not an inkwell! — Robert Musil Copy Share Image
I like to have fun! And everything that's good for you is not fun, and that bores me. — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
They bore within their breasts the grief That fame can never heal- That deep, unutterable woe Which none save exiles feel. — William Edmondstoune Aytoun Copy Share Image
The greatest satisfaction you can obtain from life is your pleasure in producing, in your own individual way, something of value to… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
To be honest with you, there's nothing that bores me more than sitting around with a bunch of actors talking shop. I… — Matt Dillon Copy Share Image
Gays have become colossal bores. Once interesting and iconoclastic, all they seem to crave nowadays is the State's pension and seal of… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Well, if you weren't flirting with him"-his voice had now grown a little plaintive-"who was he, and what did you want with… — Anna Godbersen Copy Share Image
“Long ago the country bore the country-town and nourished it with her best blood. Now the giant city sucks the country dry,… — Oswald Spengler Copy Share Image
There are now reports that President Obama will name Massachusetts Senator John Kerry to be the next secretary of defense. Apparently this… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
There's got to be a backbone, there's got to be a skeleton to the whole way I perform, but you never want… — Casey Abrams Copy Share Image
If he descended from heaven today the great warrior who beat the money-traders you would shout your "crucifige!" and nail him to… — Baldur von Schirach Copy Share Image
Skepsis. I am a true skeptic, born under the noble sign of skepsis, the sign of the man who knows that all… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Have you ever been to a picnic? And someone blows up a balloon, and everyone starts tossing it around, and it's always… — Paul Rudnick Copy Share Image
All technical refinements discourage me. Perfect photography, larger screens, hi-fi sound, all make it possible for mediocrities slavishly to reproduce nature; and… — Jean Renoir Copy Share Image
The air of caricature never fails to show itself in the products of reason applied relentlessly and without correction. The observation of… — Wilfred Trotter Copy Share Image
Oh, you’re going to die all right. All of you. And for what you’ve done to my brother you will suffer unimaginably!… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
He'd noticed that sex bore some resemblance to cookery: it fascinated people, they sometimes bought books full of complicated recipes and interesting… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Most of the early Christian writers thought the text "I and my Father are one," was to be understood of an unity… — Joseph Priestley Copy Share Image
Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Ah, the feeling you get holding a diamond in your hand! It seems to bore into your skin, to burn, to breathe.… — Anna Magnani Copy Share Image
'T is greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven. — Edward Young Copy Share Image
I do not say I was ever what I would call "plain," but I have the sort of face that bores me… — Margot Asquith Copy Share Image
I was a bore and didn't know when to smile or fake it. Or rather worse, I did but didn't. — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
First, I thought, almost despairing, This must crush my spirit now; Yet I bore it, and am bearing- Only do not ask… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
Conciseness in art is essential and a refinement. The concise man makes one think; the verbose bores. Always work towards conciseness. — Edouard Manet Copy Share Image
The English sent all their bores abroad, and acquired the Empire as a punishment. — Edward Bond Copy Share Image
The kids out there want something they can relate to, something that's real; most of that whiny stuff isn't real. The cheesy… — Jonathan Davis Copy Share Image
Christ bears the wounds of the church, his body, just as he bore the wounds of crucifixion. I sometimes wonder which have… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Everything smaller than Heaven bores us because only Heaven is bigger than our hearts. — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
All bores me in the world of facts, I see an end, a limit to all things and my heart thirsts for… — Marianne von Werefkin Copy Share Image
If God bores you, tell Him that He bores you, that you prefer the vilest amusements to His presence, that you only… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
As Christ bore and received us as sinners so we in his fellowship may bear and receive sinners into the fellowship of… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
If beginnings terrify you, or if you just plain don't like writing them, or if they bore you, skip 'em. — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
Real-life discussions involve a great many bores and boors who have never learned that the art of conversation demands listening as well… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
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