The language has got to be fully alive - I can't bear dull, flaccid writing myself and I don't see why any reader should put up with it.
Helen Dunmore
I'm that grumpy old guy yelling at all those pesky little Grizzly Bear fans to get offa my lawn.
Chuck Eddy
I'm not a flying fan. I can't bear it.
Tamsin Egerton
I cannot bear the responsibility for one drop of blood.
Mohamed ElBaradei
To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it.
Elizabeth I
Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare.
Oriana Fallaci
Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
Jean de La Fontaine
When I was old enough to know better, I ate a bar of soap in the shape of the Muppets' Fozzie Bear, because I loved him so much I wanted to... →
Emma Forrest
You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?
Benjamin Franklin
I've always sensed for myself an obligation to bear witness to my time.
Athol Fugard