Subject: Characteristics (Page 49)

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

(1906 – 2002) Austrian journalist, filmmaker, screenwriter & producer

The true measure of a man is what he would do if he knew he would never be caught.

(1824 – 1907) Irish mathematical physicist & engineer

An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one.

(1912 – 1987) Hungarian-born British author

A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.

(1874 – 1963) American poet

Accountability: The mother of caution.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

The worst vice of the fanatic is his sincerity.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

A good novel tells us the truth about it's hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist

A thick skin is a gift from God.

(1876 – 1967) German statesman

Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results.

(1957 – ) cartoonist (Dilbert)

When you're hot, you're hot; when you're not, you're not.

(1933 – 1998) comedian & actor

I'm a study of a man in chaos in search of frenzy.

(1906 – 1972) pianist, composer, author, comedian & actor

Duty is what one expects from others, it is not what one does oneself.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

All general statements are false.

If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

That which we call sin in others is experimentation for us.

(1803 – 1882) essayist, poet, & philosopher

Hope is the feeling you have that the feeling you have isn't permanent.

(1922 – 2003) author & playwright

Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor

My mother could make anybody feel guilty – she used to get letters of apology from people she didn’t even know.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize when he is dull.

(1917 – 2010) American lawyer, novelist, historian & essayist

My last boyfriend gave me a piece of coal, and he told me that he would marry me when it turned into a diamond from all the pressure.

(1961 – ) American stand-up comedian

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; this is the principal difference between dog and man.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist