Wit and Wisdom - Boredom

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 ask him how he is, tells you.
Bert Leston Taylor, The So-Called Human Race

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
Dorothy Parker

Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.
Frank Moore Colby

Good-bye. I'm leaving because I'm bored.
George Saunders, last words

A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.
Gian Vincenzo Gravina

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

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that when you bore people, they think it's their fault.
Henry Kissinger