Bores Quotes

470 quotes by 393 authors

A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks he has to go down… — Wystan Hugh Auden
I barely can go shopping for clothes. I find it difficult to walk into stores. The whole thing bores me so much. — Paul Auster
I definitely see the good in people. Certainly in my own life I strive to be somebody who is functional and well adjusted and can… — Alan Ball
I actually regard Facebook as a huge bore, but I cannot refrain from participating in it. I guess I crave the feeling of hope it… — Roseanne Barr
Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. — Charles Baudelaire
Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen. — Ambrose Bierce
A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug. — Josh Billings
Feminists bore me to death. I follow my instinct and if that supports young girls in any way, great. But I'd rather they saw it… — Bjork
I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it will be with a knife. — Louise Brooks
The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored. — Jean de la Bruyere
I am quite serious when I say that I do not believe there are, on the whole earth besides, so many intensified bores as in… — Warren Buffett
What men don't want, in fact what anyone who's any sort of thrill-seeking, intelligent adult doesn't want, is some crushing bore describing their emotions in… — Julie Burchill
The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore. — Samuel Butler
There is no bore like a clever bore. — Samuel Butler
Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored. — Lord Byron
A yawn is a silent shout. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham. — Winston Churchill
I love stories. When I'm writing, what I pretend subconsciously is that we're cavemen, we're sitting around the fire, and I'm telling you stories. If… — Harlan Coben
Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man-yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. So for the hairsbreadth of time assigned to… — Marcus Aurelius
The Lord Jesus died for the ungodly. He was obedient at all costs : He bore everything, and went down into the dust of death,… — John Nelson Darby

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