Bores Quotes

470 quotes by 385 authors

Now that cleverness was the fashion most people were clever - even perfect fools; and cleverness after all was often only a bore: all head… — Walter de La Mare
Last comes the beverage of the Orient shore, Mocha, far off, the fragrant berries bore. Taste the dark fluid with a dainty lip, Digestion waits… — Pope Leo XII
The biggest bore of all is he who is overflowing with congratulations — Thomas Hood
Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation. — Benjamin Disraeli
If the secret of being a bore is to tell all, the secret of pleasing is to say just enough to be -not understood, but… — Remy de Gourmont
Man all of your flows bore me, paint drying. — Drake
Dear Grandmamma, with what we give. We humbly pray that you may live. For many, many happy years: Although you bore us all to tears. — Hilaire Belloc
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
I just don't want to end up on something that bores the hell out of me. Otherwise, I'll fake a knee injury and get out… — Sasha Alexander
Show me the man who has enjoyed his schooldays and I will show you a bully and a bore. — Robert Morley
Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining - it bores everybody else, does you no good and doesn't solve any problems! — Zig Ziglar
I don't know about bores. Maybe you shouldn't feel too sorry if you see some swell girl getting married to them. They don't hurt anybody… — J D Salinger
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

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