Bores Quotes

470 Bores quotes by 385 unique authors

Some people try and tell you what the songs are about and it bores me to death. — Lars Ulrich
The English sent all their bores abroad, and acquired the Empire as a punishment. — Edward Bond
The bore is usually considered a harmless creature, or of that class of irrationa bipeds who hurt only themselves. — Maria Edgeworth
He bore no grudge against those he had wronged. — Simone Signoret
He was not only a bore; he bored for England. — Malcolm Muggeridge
We must believe what is good and true about the prophets, that they were sages, that they did understand what proceeded from their mouths, and… — Origen
Reading is a huge effort for many people, a bore for others, and, believe it or not, many people prefer watching TV. — Hugh Mackay
The greatest concubines in history knew that everything revealed with nothing concealed is a bore. — Geoffrey Beene
Peter Ustinov was the first really positive influence in my career. He was real and he bore witness to it. The things he said to… — Terence Stamp
The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to bore yourself. — John Mortimer
It's important to hold something back, though, because quite frankly my personal life is pretty dull and I don't want to bore people with it. — Matt Lucas
The 11th Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Bore God. The 12th Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Bore Thyself. — Rob Brezsny
With battlements that on their restless fronts Bore stars. — William Wordsworth
The sightless Milton, with his hair Around his placid temples curled; And Shakespeare at his side,-a freight, If clay could think and mind were weight,… — William Wordsworth
A bore is someone who persists in holding his own views after we have enlightened him with ours. — Malcolm Forbes
The pilot of the Galilean lake; Two massy keys he bore, of metals twain (The golden opes, the iron shuts amain). — John Milton
The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it, But in another country, as he said, Bore a bright golden flow'r, but not in this… — John Milton
Big book, a big bore. — Callimachus
I don't use a crap camera, I don't eat junk, and I'm not going to a dance where the boys are bores — Adriana Trigiani
Interest is never enough. If it doesn't haunt you, you'll never write it well. What haunts and obsesses you may, with luck and labour, interest… — Steven Heighton

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