Bore Quotes

407 quotes by 357 authors

Mary properly bore the name of Virgin, and possessed to the full all the attributes of purity. She was a virgin in both body and… — Gregory Palamas
... the Apostle Peter declared that the Church was built by the Holy Spirit. For you read that he said: 'God, Who knows the hearts… — Ambrose
I tend to like poems that engage me - that is to say, which do not bore me. — Mark Strand
It was the first and most striking characteristic of Socrates never to become heated in discourse, never to utter an injurious or insulting word --… — Epictetus
The scar, and her indifference to it, did something extraordinary for her, just as damage to some art object threw into relief how beautiful it… — Ariana Franklin
I'm sure I'll find some use for the dress before summer."Kavill nodded, and closed his thick ledger. "Do let me know if it causes anyone… — Sarah J. Maas
... bear with him as Our Lord bore with His disciples, who gave Him good reason to complain - at least, some of them did.… — Vincent de Paul
That which the people called Quakers lay down as a main fundamental in religion is this- That God, through Christ, hath placed a principle in… — William Penn
Is it life, I ask, is it even prudence, To bore thyself and bore the students? — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Writers have a rare power not given to anyone else: we can bore people long after we are dead. — Sinclair Lewis
My mother was a children's librarian. I remember when traditional stories were revised for modern audiences until they bore only a nodding acquaintance with the… — Patricia Briggs
I soon found law school an unmitigated bore. — Constance Baker Motley
A bore is a person who lights up the room simply by leaving it. — Laurence J. Peter
No, I don't admire the genius. But I admire and love the result of the genius's activity in the world, of which the great man… — Knut Hamsun
Christ bears the wounds of the church, his body, just as he bore the wounds of crucifixion. I sometimes wonder which have hurt worse. — Philip Yancey
We often forgive those who bore us, but never those whom we bore. — Francois Truffaut
Although such research [into the paranormal] has yet to produce anything in the way of a repeatable controlled experiment, its practitioners argue that its revolutionary… — Dennis Flanagan
We all denounce bores, but while we do so, let us remember that there is nobody who isn't a bore to somebody. — J. A. Spender
Look on this cast, and know the hand That bore a nation in its hold; From this mute witness understand What Lincoln was - how… — Edmund Clarence Stedman
Barefooted workers would take apart, bit by bit, the dying ships with their bare hands, shipyard in Gaddani, Pakistan. On their shoulders, workers bore great… — G.M.B. Akash

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