Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
I hope some animal never bores a hole in my head and lays its eggs in my brain, because later you might… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
Becoming conscious is of course a sacrilege against nature; it is as though you had robbed the unconscious of something. The nice… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
We tried not to smile, for smiling only encourages men to bore you and waste your time. — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced. — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
The trouble with tea is that originally it was quite a good drink. So a group of the most eminent British scientists… — George Mikes Copy Share Image
Sometimes I dread loneliness more than bores. Other times, the reverse. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
A book that bores me to tears is a book that neglects character building and quality of prose. — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
If you have to sit the whole evening with the most famous person in the world and he is a goddamn bore,… — Emilio Pucci Copy Share Image
The reason I know what we are to each other is because we fight freely and almost constantly, about even the smallest… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
I was trained as a political scientist and the profession bores me, to be frank. I am truly bored by mainstream work… — James C. Scott Copy Share Image
I don't like drugs. I think cocaine is a very bad, habit-forming bore. It's about the most boring drug ever invented. — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
The Greeks could be a crushing bore. I recommend dressing everyone in combat fatigues or S&M gear. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
As a citizen I might be well-behaved and have nothing salacious or radical about me, I might be a total bore, but… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
Crassly put: When I write, I am trying not to bore myself and my readers. — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
People bore me. Film people particularly bore me. I prefer talking to my trees. — Kishore Kumar Copy Share Image
To the sea, to the sea! The white gulls are crying, The wind is blowing, and the white foam is flying. West,… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Dear Grandmamma, with what we give. We humbly pray that you may live. For many, many happy years: Although you bore us… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
Now it is the least developed world who are not responsible for this climate change phenomenon that bore the brunt of climate… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
Writers have a rare power not given to anyone else: we can bore people long after we are dead. — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
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
Atlas, we read in ancient song, Was so exceeding tall and strong, He bore the skies upon his back, Just as the… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
