--- title: "7 Boring Quotes By Dave Barry" description: "7 Boring quotes by Dave Barry. Plus more from Dave Barry and more Boring sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a6/dave-barry-222_auto-racing_auto-racing-is-boring-except-when-a-car_408099.png" --- > [Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/auto-racing-is-boring-except-when-a-car-is-going-at-least-172-miles/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a6/dave-barry-222_auto-racing_auto-racing-is-boring-except-when-a-car_408099.png) > [When I was a kid, I thought history was the most boring subject of all. I shouldn't blame my teachers; I should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/when-i-was-a-kid-i-thought-history-was-the-most-boring-subject-of-all/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/651/dave-barry-222_blame_when-i-was-a-kid-i-thought-history-was-t_1385483.jpg) > [Talking about golf is always boring. Playing golf can be interesting, but not the part where you try to hit the little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/talking-about-golf-is-always-boring-playing-golf-can-be-interesting/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/258/dave-barry-222_balls_talking-about-golf-is-always-boring-play_1424733.png) > [I do not mean to be the slightest bit critical of TV newspeople, who do a superb job, considering that they operate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/i-do-not-mean-to-be-the-slightest-bit-critical-of-tv-newspeople-who/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ba/dave-barry-222_amount_i-do-not-mean-to-be-the-slightest-bit-cr_2017617.png) > [The more boring a newspaper is, the more it is respected. The most respected newspaper in the United States is The New…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/the-more-boring-a-newspaper-is-the-more-it-is-respected-the-most/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/dave-barry-222_arrested_the-more-boring-a-newspaper-is-the-more_2143291.png) > [Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/fishing-is-boring-unless-you-catch-an-actual-fish-and-then-it-is/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a69/dave-barry-222_boring_fishing-is-boring-unless-you-catch-an-ac_2326403.png) > [Hobbies of any kind are boring except to people who have the same hobby. This is also true of religion, although you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/hobbies-of-any-kind-are-boring-except-to-people-who-have-the-same/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/959/dave-barry-222_boring_hobbies-of-any-kind-are-boring-except-to_2875010.png) ## Other authors on Boring ## More by Dave Barry > [This is true; virtually all edible substances, and many automotive products, are now marketed as being low-fat or fat-free. Americans are obsessed with fat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/this-is-true-virtually-all-edible-substances-and-many-automotive/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [This ball was so crowded that it took me - a trained professional journalist with vast experience in this area - forty five minutes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/this-ball-was-so-crowded-that-it-took-me-a-trained-professional/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [The hardest thing about being a guy is that women don't accept that you really are just a simple, pathetic, labrador retriever-like creature. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/the-hardest-thing-about-being-a-guy-is-that-women-don-t-accept-that/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [The ultimate camping trip was the Lewis and Clark expedition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/the-ultimate-camping-trip-was-the-lewis-and-clark-expedition/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/although-golf-was-originally-restricted-to-wealthy-overweight/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [Entire new continent can emerge from the ocean in the time it takes for a Web page to show up on your screen. Contrary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/entire-new-continent-can-emerge-from-the-ocean-in-the-time-it-takes/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [He was distracted by a giggle, and turned to see a rare sight: a girl.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/he-was-distracted-by-a-giggle-and-turned-to-see-a-rare-sight-a-girl/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [The major parties could conduct live human sacrifices on their podiums during prime time, and I doubt that anybody would notice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/the-major-parties-could-conduct-live-human-sacrifices-on-their/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [If you look at any list of great modern writers such as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, you'll notice two things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/if-you-look-at-any-list-of-great-modern-writers-such-as-ernest/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [Don't you wish you had a job like mine? All you have to do is think up a certain number of words! Plus, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/don-t-you-wish-you-had-a-job-like-mine-all-you-have-to-do-is-think-up/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [“Despite the gulf, physical and cultural, between the United States and Japan, both societies are, in the end, made up of people, and people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/despite-the-gulf-physical-and-cultural-between-the-united-states-and/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [Before going on a diet you should consult your doctor, or at least send him some money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/before-going-on-a-diet-you-should-consult-your-doctor-or-at-least/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [Never trust anything you read in a travel article.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/never-trust-anything-you-read-in-a-travel-article/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it "Christmas" and went to church; the Jews called it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/in-the-old-days-it-was-not-called-the-holiday-season-the-christians/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [Always remember that if editors were so damned smart, they would know how to dress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/always-remember-that-if-editors-were-so-damned-smart-they-would-know/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boring/dave-barry/#itemlist", "name": "7 Boring Quotes By Dave Barry", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dave Barry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/auto-racing-is-boring-except-when-a-car-is-going-at-least-172-miles/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a6/dave-barry-222_auto-racing_auto-racing-is-boring-except-when-a-car_408099.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a6/dave-barry-222_auto-racing_auto-racing-is-boring-except-when-a-car_408099.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a6/dave-barry-222_auto-racing_auto-racing-is-boring-except-when-a-car_408099.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down.” — Dave Barry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I was a kid, I thought history was the most boring subject of all. 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