Subject: Characteristics (Page 4)

Rational: Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Characteristics Definitions Intelligence Thinking

Prejudiced people are all alike.

Characteristics People

I like a man who's good, but not too good; for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol
Age Characteristics

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

(1923 – ) German-born diplomat & scholar
Characteristics Success

When our friends get into power, they aren’t our friends any more.

Age Characteristics Friends Murphy’s Laws Situations

I always take my wife morning tea in my pajamas, but is she grateful?… no, she says she'd rather have it in a cup.

(1926 – 1984) English comedian
Characteristics Clothing

If you can’t annoy somebody with what you write, I think there’s little point in writing.

(1922 – 1995) English novelist & poet
Characteristics Communication Reading/Writing

What can I say about Milton Berle that he already hasn't said himself?

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer
Characteristics Opinion Speech

If you don't know what introspection is… you need to take a long, hard look at yourself.

(1988 – ) English stand-up comedian & actor
Characteristics Communication Wordplay

One could drive a schooner through any part of his argument and never scrape against a fact.

(1866 – 1940) academic, businessman & politician
Characteristics Facts Insults Truth

Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.

(1957 – ) cartoonist (Dilbert)
Characteristics

She’d complain if Jesus came down and handed her a $5 bill.

Characteristics Communication

Hypocrisy is the Vaseline of social intercourse.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws

They say the definition of ambivalence is watching your mother-in-law drive over a cliff in your new Cadillac.

(1947 – ) American playwright, screenwriter & film director
Characteristics

To err is human to forgive, infrequent.

(1881 – 1960) American columnist
Characteristics Failure Mistakes Problems

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

(1917 – 1963) 35th U.S. president
Characteristics

Is it weird in here, or is it just me?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer
Characteristics Situations

New York is not Mecca… it just smells like it.

(1927 – 2018) playwright & screenwriter
Characteristics New York City Places

A combination of Little Nell and Lady Macbeth.

(1887 – 1943) theater critic & commentator
Characteristics

Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Activities Baseball Characteristics Sports

If he fell into a pile of horse shit, he’d start looking for a pony.

Characteristics Expressions