Quote by Ambrose Bierce

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

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

Summary

This quote humorously defines a "bore" as someone who fails to notice when others want to be heard, and instead dominates conversations by incessantly talking. It suggests that the true annoyance of a bore lies in their inability to perceive social cues and the desire for meaningful dialogue.

By Ambrose Bierce

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

When a chick has a sense of humor, there's nothing more attr

When a chick has a sense of humor, there's nothing more attractive.

Humor

I'm 33 now and I seem to have hit a fitness plane. Shifting

I'm 33 now and I seem to have hit a fitness plane. Shifting the wobbly bits isn't as easy as it used to be.

Fitness

Prayer is talking with God. God knows your heart and is not

Prayer is talking with God. God knows your heart and is not so concerned with your words as He is with the attitude of your heart.

Attitude

Fear rules almost every newsroom in the country.

Fear rules almost every newsroom in the country.

Fear

Call it loyalty, call it what you want, but I suppose I've g

Call it loyalty, call it what you want, but I suppose I've got people up here who I'm really tight with, we've made a lot of great bonds over the last few years and I've got people in my corner I can trust.

Great

At one time my only wish was to be a police official. It see

At one time my only wish was to be a police official. It seemed to me to be an occupation for my sleepless intriguing mind. I had the idea that there, among criminals, were people to fight: clever, vigorous, crafty fellows. Later I realized that it was good that I did not become one, for most police cases involve misery and wretchedness -- not crimes and scandals.

Soren Kierkegaard

Control

Life has always seemed to me like a plant that lives on its

Life has always seemed to me like a plant that lives on its rhizome. Its true life is invisible, hidden in the rhizome. The part that appears above ground lasts only a single summer. What we see is the blossom, which passes. The rhizome remains.

Life

A marriage based on full confidence, based on complete and u

A marriage based on full confidence, based on complete and unqualified frankness on both sides; they are not keeping anything back; there's no deception underneath it all. If I might so put it, it's an agreement for the mutual forgiveness of sin.

Marriage

Verses which do not teach men new and moving truths do not d

Verses which do not teach men new and moving truths do not deserve to be read.

Poetry

...I long to be known as an extravagant worshiper...that God

...I long to be known as an extravagant worshiper...that God would discover the song in my heart to be elaborate, overgenerous, and wasteful in my pursuit of Him.

Darlene Zschech

Inspirational Christian Living Christian Worship

To live in the light of a new day and an unimaginable and un

To live in the light of a new day and an unimaginable and unpredictable future, you must become fully present to a deeper truth - not a truth from your head, but a truth from your heart; not a truth from your ego, but a truth from the highest source.

I enjoy celebrating Valentine's Day. It's a nice way to say

I enjoy celebrating Valentine's Day. It's a nice way to say you're thinking about your family, someone special, or dear friends.