We often forgive those who bor...

We often forgive those who bore us, but can't forgive those whom we bore.

~Francois de La Rochefoucauld~

We all denounce bores, but whi...

We all denounce bores, but while we do so, let us remember that there is nobody who isn't a bore to somebody.

~J.A. Spender~

There is no bore we dread bein...

There is no bore we dread being left alone with so much as our own minds.

~James Russell Lowell~

The worst thing about a bore i...

The worst thing about a bore is not that he won't stop talking but that he won't let you stop listening.

~Anonymous~

The capacity of human beings t...

The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal.

~H.L. Mencken~

The bore is usually considered...

The bore is usually considered a harmless creature, or of that class of irrationa bipeds who hurt only themselves.

~Maria Edgeworth, Thoughts on Bores~

Some people can stay longer in...

Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.

~William Dean Howells~

Some people are so boring that...

Some people are so boring that they make you waste an entire day in five minutes.

~Jules Renard~

One out of three hundred and t...

One out of three hundred and twelve Americans is a bore... and a healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience.

~John Updike, Assorted Prose~

One out of three hundred and t...

One out of three hundred and twelve Americans is a bore... and a healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience.

~John Updike, Assorted Prose~

Everyone is a bore to someone....

Everyone is a bore to someone.  That is unimportant.  The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself.

~Gerald Brenan~

Every improvement in communica...

Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.

~Frank Moore Colby~

Bores bore each other too; but...

Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything.

~Don Marquis~

Bore: A man who deprives...

Bore:  A man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.

~Gian Vincenzo Gravina~

Bore, n. A person who talks w...

Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.

~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary~

A bore is a man who, when you ...

A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you.

~Bert Leston Taylor, The So-Called Human Race~

A bore is a fellow who opens h...

A bore is a fellow who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it.

~Henry Ford~