Subject: Characteristics (Page 46)

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

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

With a black president, I can relax…I can dance in public… I can buy a whole watermelon now.

(1964 – ) American writer, stand-up comedian, actress, television host
Characteristics Government President Situations

To enjoy a good reputation give publicly, and steal privately.

(1818 – 1885) humorist
Characteristics

Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.

(1920 – 1992) American science and science fiction author & professor
Characteristics

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

Characteristics

For every credibility gap there is a gullibility fill.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws

One good thing about apathy is you don’t have to exert yourself to show you’re sincere about it.

Characteristics

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

(1957 – ) cartoonist (Dilbert)
Characteristics Failure Intelligence Mistakes People

Hector Camacho's great-dream is to die in his own arms.

Boxing press agent
Boxing Characteristics Sports

He combines the manners of a Marquis with the morals of a Methodist.

(1836 – 1911) English dramatist, librettist, poet & illustrator
Characteristics Insults

Flatterer: one who says things to your face that he wouldn’t say behind your back.

Characteristics Communication People Speech

Always yield to temptation, because it may not pass your way again.

Characteristics

The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.

(1941 – ) novelist
Characteristics Places

He was a very immortal person.

Characteristics Malaprops

If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito.


Characteristics Situations

I've never been a millionaire but I just know I'd be darling at it.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet
Characteristics Money Wealth

Marriage is the operation by which a woman's vanity and a man's egotism are extracted without an anesthetic.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist
Characteristics Husbands Marriage Wives

He's a Republican housewife from Kansas with all the prejudices.

(1925 – 2012) author, playwright, essayist & screenwriter
Characteristics Insults

Coming from Canada, being a writer and Jewish as well, I have impeccable paranoia credentials.

(1931 – 2001) Canadian author, screenwriter & essayist
Canada Characteristics People Places

There is such a thing as too much couth.

(1904 – 1979) Jewish-American humorist, author & screenwriter
Characteristics

He'd steal a hot stove and come back for the smoke.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter
Characteristics Insults