“I'm practicing the discipline of not having to have the last word.”
Dallas Willard (1935–2013) American philosopher
“I'm practicing the discipline of not having to have the last word.”
Dallas Willard (1935–2013) American philosopher
“Every hero becomes a bore at last.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Uses of Great Men
1850s, Representative Men (1850)
Brett Favre (1969) former American football quarterback
[Suzy, Kolber, http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1930185, Sunday Conversation: Brett Favre, ESPN.com, November 24, 2004, 2007-11-12]
“I'm not afraid of life and I'm not afraid of death: Dying's the bore.”
Katherine Anne Porter (1890–1980) American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist
Statement at age 80 in The New York Times (3 April 1970)
“I keep hearing I'm a crazy party guy … I'm not. I'm boring… At least by party standards.”
Brad Pitt (1963) American actor and filmmaker
As quoted in "A Conversation Runs Through It" by Bruce Handy in Time magazine (13 October 1997) http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,987166,00.html
“She didn't bother to understand it all; it was--boring boring boring.”
Frank Beddor book The Looking Glass Wars
Source: The Looking Glass Wars
“The world seemed cruel and boring, and I'm not sure which was worse.”
Paul Graham (1964) English programmer, venture capitalist, and essayist
"Why Nerds are Unpopular," February 2003
“Whatever else I am now, I'm never bored.”
P. D. James book The Children of Men
The Children of Men (1992)
Charles Manson (1934–2017) American criminal and musician
Interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJHq2aN9tYE by Penny Daniels (1989)