Bore Quotes

407 quotes by 357 authors

If parents would only realize how they bore their children. — George Bernard Shaw
Americans seem sometimes to believe that if you are a thinker you must be a frowning bore, because thinking is so dam serious. — Jacques Maritain
Here lies the body of my good horse, The General. For years he bore me around the circuit of my practice and all that time… — John Tyler
He is an old bore. Even the grave yawns for him. — Herbert Beerbohm Tree
He never bore a grudge against anyone he wronged. — Simone Signoret
Why don't you bore a hole in yourself and let the sap run out? — Groucho Marx
You can't expect to communicate with anyone if you're a bore. — John Cheever
Show me the man who has enjoyed his schooldays and I will show you a bully and a bore. — Robert Morley
The trouble with tea is that originally it was quite a good drink. So a group of the most eminent British scientists put their heads… — George Mikes
The air of caricature never fails to show itself in the products of reason applied relentlessly and without correction. The observation of clinical facts would… — Wilfred Trotter
[Adams] supposed that, except musicians, everyone thought Beethoven a bore, as every one except mathematicians thought mathematics a bore. — Henry Adams
We often bore others when we think we cannot possibly bore them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore. — Cecil Beaton
Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself. — Gerald Brenan
A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a brilliant conversationalist is… — Lisa Kirk
I was a self-centered bore. I was masochistic, and only thought I was happy. When I woke up and said, "there must be something wrong… — Cary Grant
An enthusiast may bore others, but he has never a dull moment himself. — John F. Kieran
A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you. — Bert Leston Taylor
If you didn't know that I am an actress, I don't think you could tell from my lifestyle. I cook and cook and cook. I… — Karen Black
They bore within their breasts the grief That fame can never heal- That deep, unutterable woe Which none save exiles feel. — William Edmondstoune Aytoun

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