“Highly educated bores are by far the worst; they know so much, in such...” — Louis Kronenberger Quote

“Highly educated bores are by far the worst; they know so much, in such fiendish detail, to be boring about.”

“Individualism is rather like innocence; there must be something unconscious about it.”

“Privacy was in sufficient danger before TV appeared, and TV has given it its death blow.”

“A young musician plays scales in his room and only bores his family. A beginning writer, on the other hand, sometimes has the misfortune of getting into print.”

“Most members of Congress are politicians. They're bores.”

“One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why try at all? One wants to be very something, very great, very heroic; or if not that, then at least very stylish and very fashionable. It is this everlasting mediocrity that bores me.”