"[About a tiresome colleague]: He could bore for…" — Ian Rankin
"[About a tiresome colleague]: He could bore for Scotland."
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29 Quotes by Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin has 29 quotes on this site.
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I started writing novels while an undergraduate student, in an attempt to make sense of the city of Edinburgh, using…
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War created bizarre allies, while peace itself could be divisive.
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From this height the sleeping city seems like a child's construction, a model which has refused to be constrained by…
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At all times, think like a writer, and keep those antennae twitching - that way, you pick up new ideas.
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I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, it's hard to…
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I don't have many friends. It's not because I'm a misanthrope. It's because I'm reserved. I'm self-contained. I get all…
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I took the first James Kelman novel, 'The Bus Conductor Hines', home to my dad. I thought, 'My dad will…
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I still think most writers are just kids who refuse to grow up. We're still playing imaginary games, with our…
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Right from the very beginning, I knew I wanted to write palpably Scottish fiction.
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A lot of writers, especially crime writers, have an image that we think we're trying to keep up with. You've…
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I am, of course, a frustrated rock star - I'd much rather be a rock star than a writer. Or…
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I don't think I have one particular favourite writer. I have many whose works I will always buy or reread…
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More Bore Quotes
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one of 407 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I definitely see the good in people. Certainly in my own life I strive to be somebody who is functional…
— Alan Ball
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I actually regard Facebook as a huge bore, but I cannot refrain from participating in it. I guess I crave…
— Roseanne Barr
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Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
— Ambrose Bierce
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A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug.
— Josh Billings
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Feminists bore me to death. I follow my instinct and if that supports young girls in any way, great. But…
— Bjork
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I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it will be with a knife.
— Louise Brooks
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What men don't want, in fact what anyone who's any sort of thrill-seeking, intelligent adult doesn't want, is some crushing…
— Julie Burchill
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The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.
— Samuel Butler
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There is no bore like a clever bore.
— Samuel Butler
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Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham.
— Winston Churchill
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I love stories. When I'm writing, what I pretend subconsciously is that we're cavemen, we're sitting around the fire, and…
— Harlan Coben
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Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man-yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. So for the…
— Marcus Aurelius
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