Grammar is to a writer what anatomy is to a sculptor, or the scales to a musician. You may loathe it, it… — B. J. Chute Copy Share Image
I am convinced that boredom is one of the greatest tortures. If I were to imagine Hell, it would be the place… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Work/Loaf Ratio”...I have spent fourteen years perfecting... I won't bore you with a long-winded explanation of the “W/LR” save to say that… — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
Trivial participation ultimately bores you, leaves behind a sense of shallowness, contributes little to your deeper sense of life. Significant participation, on… — Henryk Skolimowski Copy Share Image
We should all know this: that listening is not talking; [it] is the gifted and great role and the imaginative role. And… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
I don't mind people putting us down, because if everybody really liked us, it would be a bore. You've got to have… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I loved the towns I grew up in as a boy, and after I became a celebrity, I went back several times.… — Johnny Carson 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
When the silence bores you, let the music play; when the music bores you, let the silence play! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
The world is eaten up by boredom. You can't see it all at once. It is like dust. You go about and… — Georges Bernanos 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
If the scene bores you when you read it, rest assured it WILL bore the actors, and will then bore the audience,… — David Mamet 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
One day, you don't feel like doing anything. Nothing interests you, everything bores you. Feel more and more empty inside, more and… — Michael Ende Copy Share Image
I prefer a thief to a Congressman. A thief will take your money and be on his way, but a Congressman will… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
There is only one way to read, which is to browse in libraries and bookshops, picking up books that attract you, reading… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
Boredom is not an end-product, is comparatively rather an early stage in life and art. You've got to go by or past… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
What is a bore? Maxwell definition: a vacuum cleaner of society, sucking up everything and giving nothing. How do you spot one?… — Elsa Maxwell Copy Share Image
I have often been asked, Do not people bore you? I do not understand quite what that means. I suppose the calls… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
