Nervous states of the worst sort control me without pause. Everything that is not literature bores me and I hate it. I… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
I smell fennel," Launcelot said. "That reminds me, I should tell you I have discovered a specific for maims. You take salt,… — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
Every virtue inclines to stupidity, every stupidity to virtue; "stupid to the point of sanctity," they say in Russia, - let us… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Fogeydom is the last bastion of the bore and reminiscence is its anthem. It is futile to want the old days back,… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
I like to make up songs. And it's my opinion that all these songs mean a lot to me, but that doesn't… — Todd Snider Copy Share Image
I love movies, of course. 'Terminator 3' and 'Bad Boys II' - lots of action. Sports movies, action movies, comedies - I'll… — Sergio Garcia Copy Share Image
There are some kinds of men who cannot pass their time alone; they are the flails of occupied people.(Bonald, M.} There are… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
My love for him had never gone away but only changed, growing deeper like wine fermenting or pickles curing. It bore into… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
Pythagoras, Locke, Socrates - but pages might be filled up, as vainly as before, with the sad usage of all sorts of… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground, and tell sad stories of the death of kings... All murdered; for within… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The worst fault a salesman can commit is to be a bore. Foster any attempt to talk about other things; the longer… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract a register, by which we learn, That he who… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Mr. Presley has no discernible singing ability . . . For the ear he is an unutterable bore, not nearly so talented… — Jack Gould Copy Share Image
