Bore -- a person who talks when you wish him to listen.
Ambrose Bierce
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Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
AMBROSE BIERCE Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
AMBROSE BIERCE There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.” ~ Ambrose ...
J.J. MCAVOY A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a b...
LISA KIRK A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a b...
LISA KIRK No formal course in fiction-writing can equal a close and observant perusal of the stories of Edgar ...
H. P. LOVECRAFT when herb talks..you listen
JAVIER CHARRIEZ A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you.
BERT LESTON TAYLOR I learned to listen and listen very well. It helped me athletically and in the classroom as well. Th...
JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE Prayer is communication. You talk, God listens. You listen when God talks.
OMOAKHUANA ANTHONIA When Drew Olson talks, we listen.
MARCEDES LEWIS Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the trut...
OSCAR WILDE Any time the president talks, you listen.
BEN NELSON Money talks, but only in the mind of those who listen to it.
EPHDAN A bore is a man who when asked how he is, tells you
BERT LESTON TAYLOR When you listen with empathy to another person, you give that person psychological air.
STEPHEN R. COVEY A bore is a person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it.
HENRY FORD The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.
JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE The biggest bore is the person who is bored by everyone and everything.
FRANK TYGER Your modern teenager is not about to listen to advice from an old person, defined as a person who re...
DAVE BARRY Money talks and I listen.
TOBA BETA A person who talks fast often says things she hasn't thought of yet.
CARON WARNER LIEBER The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make. �...
VICE PRESIDENT DAN QUAYLE Nobody or Nowhere? Fern: I'd rather be nobody at home than somebody somewhere else.
Ambrose: I'...
AMY HARMON Expression is saying what you wish to say, Impression is saying what others wish to listen.
KRISHNA SAGAR A pessimist is a person who has to listen to too many optimists.
DON MARQUIS He doesn't talk much around anybody. Maybe he does when he's not in the (football) building. What he...
JOE KINES Everybody likes him, and he brings a lot to the program. He talks about technique a lot. On meet day...
MATT EDGAR If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.
CHINESE PROVERB If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.
CHINESE PROVERBS A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.
DON MARQUIS There's nothing to say differently to a person who wasn't going to listen anyhow.
ALAN ROBERT NEAL A person who can speak many languages is not necessarily more valuable than a person who can listen ...
UNKNOWN That person proves his worth who can make us want to listen when he is with us and think when he is ...
GRIT There is a feeling, when you listen to radio, that it's one person, and they're talking to y...
IRA GLASS When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine...
CONFUCIUS When Joe talks everybody listens, because he not only leads by example but he can show it on the mat...
JACK CALVERT The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU I wish I loved the Human Race; I wish I loved its silly face; I wish I liked the way it walks; I wis...
SIR WALTER RALEIGH Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitc...
CHANAKYA A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.
OSCAR WILDE A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.
GIAN VINCENZO GRAVINA Well, if you weren't flirting with him"-his voice had now grown a little plaintive-"who was he, and ...
ANNA GODBERSEN He's everything you want as a teammate. When I played against him, I regarded him as a tough out, a ...
KEVIN MILLAR You can listen to silence, Reuven. I've begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn fr...
CHAIM POTOK My wish is to be a catalyst, to push for solutions, to broker peace talks, to ensure accountability,...
GER DUANY Wish a miser long life, and you wish him no good.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Disobedience is one of the few tricks you have left to hang on to the idea that you continue to exis...
ALEXANDER MASTERS A person who gossips & talks too much may not suffer from Bipolar Disorder but may suffer from V...
TIMOTHY PINA I wish I loved the Human Race;
I wish I loved its silly face;
I wish I liked the way it wa...
WALTER ALEXANDER RALEIGH The tragedy is not that the fool talks but that we listen.
VIKRANT PARSAI Ann contributes a lot for us on the field. She carries herself very professionally. She'll have her ...
CARRIE BARKER When women are supposed to be quiet, a talkative woman is a woman who talks at all
DALE SPENDER When a person gives you hate, give him love. Simple, you have won!
SHAHAFYEFET What advantage has the person who will not listen over the one who cannot hear?
JOYCE RACHELLE A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, wo...
LAO-TZU On the field, he's the fastest kid I've seen in person. I wish I hadn't seen him in person.
MICHIGAN STATE When you listen, be silent. When you are silent, listen...
PHILIP T. M. Bore: a man who is never unintentionally rude.
OSCAR WILDE When you write music that expresses doubt or concern, or talks about some of the darker things that ...
TYLER JOSEPH Well, Valek, any new promotions?” the Commander asked
“No. But Maren shows promise. Unfortu...
MARIA V. SNYDER A woman, generally speaking, likes to hear the dirty jokes and loves to listen to plenty of talks ag...
ANUJ SOMANY You want to talk about a matter of inches. No one was more distraught than Ambrose after that game.
CHARLIE WEIS He who talks incessantly, talks nonsense
AFRICAN PROVERB He's a wonderful guy who cares about everyone and everything. He watches out for people and goes out...
PAT ROSS We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD When you love you wish to do things for. You wish to sacrifice for. You wish to serve.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.
MARYANNE WILLIAMSON To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.
SAMUEL OSGOOD To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.
FRANK BARRON To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.
CARL W. BUECHNER To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.
BUDDHA To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.
KURT COBAIN When you wish for something or someone, the universe listens and wants to give it to you. But when s...
JOHN B. BEJO Speak little and well if you wish to be esteemed a person of merit.
PROVERB Speak little and well if you wish to be esteemed a person of merit.
FRENCH PROVERB Sometimes all it takes is for a person to listen to make you feel better, it is harder when that per...
GARY F EVANS... A person in business always talks about the key to success, but he who is truly successful unlocks t...
ANUJ SOMANY If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
ROBERT H. SCHULLER A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, wo...
LAO TZU Commemoration of Scholastica, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543 There are many people who... speak to ...
PAUL TOURNIER If he's getting the better of me, I couldn't wish it for a better person
ANDRE AGASSI When two countries hold talks, you cannot give a time frame.
ANAND SHARMA To learn who a person truly is, watch what they do when they are broken down and reduced to nothing....
MATT GANNON You better listen to Leo. You don't want him mad at you.
JAVY LOPEZ People who don't listen only pay attention when you call them by their name
STEVEN ESPINOSA They say when you talk to God it's prayer, but when God talks to you, it's schizophrenia.
FOX MULDER If you look to a person to show you who God is, you'll never know him. We are all bozos on this bus....
JACKIE SPONSLER KOCH We tracked one parolee to New York, but when we got him on the phone he threatened to kill the perso...
HENRY YENNIE When you listen to crust and grinds,
Listen to crust and grinds.
JEFFREY FISCHER To the people who look at the stars and wish, Rhys."
Rhys clinked his glass against mine. “To...
SARAH J. MAAS A bore is a man who has nothing to say and says it anyway.
SOURCE UNKNOWN If you cannot smile when you listen to music, then do not listen to it!
ESTELLE When you listen to a Yes album, you should listen to the whole thing through headphones with the lig...
TREVOR RABIN Dan is the only person that talks faster about pinot than I do.
KEVIN FURTADO You must be careful about giving any drink whatsoever to a bore. A lit-up bore is the worst in the w...
DAVID CECIL If you wish to befriend someone, look for a person who loves first God then themselves. If they love...
PETAR DUNOV I call him Master and Commander. He deserves respect and you listen to him.
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