Subject: Characteristics (Page 46)

His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian
Characteristics Education

Trust everybody, but cut the cards.

(1867 – 1936) author & humorist
Activities Characteristics Games

If Michaelangelo had been a heterosexual, the Sistine Chapel would have been painted basic white and with a roller.

1944) is an American writer & screenwriter
Characteristics Entertainment

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

(1835 – 1902) English composer, author & satirist
Characteristics

Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws

My girlfriend thinks I’m very mature. She also thinks I’m incapable of being faithful. My wife, on the other hand…

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer
Characteristics Marriage Relationships

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist.

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

They told me how Mr Gladstone read Homer for fun, which I thought served him right.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator
Characteristics Insults Reading/Writing

The advantage of doing one's praising to oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.

(1835 – 1902) English composer, author & satirist
Characteristics

I have such poor vision I can date anybody.

(1949 – 2016) American comedian & television actor
Appearance Body Characteristics People

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone’s feelings unintentionally.

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

Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

Animals Characteristics Proverbs

Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws People

I put the pro in procrastinate.

Characteristics

Actions lie louder than words.

(1966 – ) American magazine editor
Characteristics Lies

Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.

(1863 – 1952) Spanish American philosopher, essayist, poet & novelist
Characteristics

Virtue is its own punishment.

(1897 – 1960) Welsh labor leader & politician
Characteristics

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

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

(1894 – 1961) author, cartoonist & humorist
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

I believe in rules… sure I do; if there weren’t any rules, how could you break them?

(1906 – 1991) American baseball player, coach & manager
Baseball Characteristics Sports