Bore

Famous quotes containing the word bore:

“Poetry is either something that lives like fire inside you—like music to the musician or Marxism to the Communist—or else it is nothing, an empty formalized bore around which pedants can endlessly drone their notes and explanations.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)

“Eve: I’m afraid Mr. DeWitt would find me boring before too long.
Miss Caswell: You won’t bore him, honey. You won’t even get a chance to talk.”
—Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909–1993)

“If parents would only realize how they bore their children!”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)