I don't trust Catholics," I said, "because they take advantage of you." "And Protestants?" he asked with a laugh. "I loathe the… — Heinrich Böll Copy Share Image
Watching old movies is like spending an evening with those people next door. They bore us, and we wouldn't go out of… — Pauline Kael 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
You can’t learn to write in college. It’s a very bad place for writers because the teachers always think they know more… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I've always tried to be cheerful, because I think people who whine are boring, and I never could tolerate bores. — Beverly Sills Copy Share Image
Barefooted workers would take apart, bit by bit, the dying ships with their bare hands, shipyard in Gaddani, Pakistan. On their shoulders,… — G.M.B. Akash Copy Share Image
A long visit to a friend is often a great bore. Never make people twice glad. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The meaning of atonement is not to be found in our penitence evoked by the sight of Calvary, but rather in what… — John Stott Copy Share Image
A young musician plays scales in his room and only bores his family. A beginning writer, on the other hand, sometimes has… — Marguerite Yourcenar 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
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
I had a perfect life in my reach once, and it was a crashing bore. Perfect is too clean, too easy. I… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
Only one person in 1000 is a bore, and HE is interesting because he is one person in 1000. — Harold Nicolson Copy Share Image
People frequently bore me, sometimes amuse me, most often irritate me, but rarely intrigue me. — Jeaniene Frost Copy Share Image
I was glad I wasn't in love, that I wasn't happy with the world. I like being at odds with everything. People… — Charles Bukowski 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
Although such research [into the paranormal] has yet to produce anything in the way of a repeatable controlled experiment, its practitioners argue… — Dennis Flanagan 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
History is reticent about women who were common soldiers, who bore arms, belonged to regiments, and took part in battles on the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The thing that I'm just scared to death of is that someday I'm going to wake up and bore somebody with a… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
The tendency is to blame boredom on the environment. "This town is really dull" or "What a boring speaker." The particular town… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
They're [children] less forgiving. You have to be very conscious of the fact that they're not going to just accept things; they're… — Linda Woolverton Copy Share Image