Subject: Characteristics (Page 41)

You know what I hate?… Indian givers… no, I take that back.

(1956 – ) American comedian

I keep reading between the lies.

(Aiskowitz) (1899 – 1982) humorist

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

He's too lazy to scratch his own ass.

Make money and the whole nation will conspire to call you a gentleman.

If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

If you wish to hide your character, do not play golf.

golf writer

Aren’t I lucky, to have survived so much bad luck.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor

You’ll never be as lazy as whoever named the fireplace.

Honesty is the best policy – when there is money in it.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Marriage always demands the finest arts of insincerity possible between two human beings."

(1888 – 1960) Austrian writer

If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s intolerance.

All your friends are gonna be green with envious.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.

(1887 – 1964) English biographer, critic, novelist & poet

Proud as a dog with two tails

There's something about me that makes a lot of people want to throw up.

(1934 – ) American singer & actor

I would rather be an opportunist and float than go to the bottom with my principles round my neck.

(1867 – 1947) British politician

Admiration: Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

The man’s desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.

Eric Arthur Blair (1903 – 50) English author & journalist