Subject: Characteristics (Page 10)

Modesty in an actor is as fake as passion in a call girl.

(1916 – 1987) television actor & comedian
Characteristics Emotions Entertainment

If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality
Characteristics Family Relationships

Be a fountain, not a drain.

(1960 – ) professional baseball player
Characteristics

Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity; that's how rich I want to be.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer
Characteristics Money Wealth

I'm as pure as the driven slush.

(1903 – 1968) movie actress
Characteristics

The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
Characteristics People

I'm not anti-social – I'm just not social.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian
Characteristics People Self

… like to think that [Graham] Chapman was there with them all that day— “or rather, he will be in about 25 minutes.”

(1943 – ) English comedian, writer, television host & actor
Characteristics

The trouble with resisting temptation is it may never come your way again.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws

I used to be indecisive… but I'm not sure.

Characteristics

Don't tempt me, I can resist anything but temptation.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet
Characteristics

An easily understood, workable falsehood is more useful than a complex, incomprehensible truth.

Characteristics Honesty Intelligence Lies Murphy’s Laws Truth

Everything comes to him who waits… except a loaned book.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Characteristics Communication

Acting is all about honesty and if you can fake that, you've got it made.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer
Acting Characteristics Entertainment Honesty

Egotism: Usually a case of mistaken nonentity.

(1907 – 1990) American actress
Characteristics Self

It’s useless to hold a person to anything he says while he’s in love, drunk, or running for office.

(1934 – ) American actress, dancer, activist & author
Alcohol Characteristics Elections/Voting

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

Characteristics Proverbs

The secret of creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist
Characteristics Intelligence

The trouble with ignorance is that it picks up confidence as it goes along.

Characteristics Intelligence

Nervous as a cat in a room full of rockers

Characteristics Emotions Expressions

My ability to turn good news into anxiety is rivaled only by my ability to turn anxiety into chin acne.

(1970 – ) American actress, comedian, writer & producer
Characteristics