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I want to make a revolving door that says “Pull” on it, just see how obedient people are.
Demetri Martin
(1973 – ) American comedian
Characteristics
Obedience
Revolving doors
I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.
Anonymous
Appearance
Body
Characteristics
Ambidextrous
Modesty in an actor is as fake as passion in a call girl.
Jackie Gleason
(1916 – 1987) television actor & comedian
Characteristics
Emotions
Entertainment
Actors
Modesty
For every credibility gap there is a gullibility fill.
Clopton's Law
Characteristics
Murphy’s Laws
Credibility gaps
I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me.
Al Franken
(1951 – ) U.S. senator (Minnesota), political commentator, comedian & writer
Characteristics
People
Self
Good
Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
Mel Brooks
(1926 – ) film director, screenwriter, composer, comedian, actor & producer
Characteristics
Communication
Speech
Bad taste
The trouble with ignorance is that it picks up confidence as it goes along.
Anonymous
Characteristics
Intelligence
Confidence
Ignorance
Some people pay a compliment as if they expected a receipt.
Frank ‘Kin’ Hubbard
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Characteristics
Communication
People
Compliments
I used to play golf with a guy who cheated so badly that he once had a hole in one and wrote down zero on his scorecard.
Bob Bruce
professional golfer
Characteristics
Golf
Honesty
Sports
Cheating
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
Winston Churchill
(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator
Characteristics
Clothing
Communication
Lies
Truth
World
Pants
I love Barack Obama because when I go to Europe I don’t have to pretend to be Canadian any more.
Tom Rhodes
(1967 – ) is an American comedian & actor
Characteristics
Government
President
Barack Obama
Embarrassment
When science finally locates the center of the universe, some people will be surprised to learn they’re not it.
Bernard Bailey
(1916 – 1996) American comic book artist
Characteristics
Egotism
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803 – 1882) essayist, poet, & philosopher
Characteristics
Honesty
Honor
Spoons
Refinement: The ability to yawn without opening your mouth.
Anonymous
Characteristics
Definitions
Refinement
Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.
H.L. Mencken
(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist
Characteristics
Self-respect
I put the pro in procrastinate.
Anonymous
Characteristics
Procrastination
Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.
Douglas Adams
(1952 – 2001) English writer, dramatist, & musician
Characteristics
Eating
Food/Drink
People
Ancestors
Dinner
Pride
I remember I was so depressed I was going to jump out a window on the tenth floor; they sent a priest up to talk to me and he said, "On your mark…"
Rodney Dangerfield
(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor
Characteristics
Situations
Depression
Priest
Suicide
An optimist thinks this is the best of all worlds; a pessimist fears the same may be true.
Doug Larson
(1926 – ) newspaper columnist
Characteristics
People
Optimists
Pessimists
Sure men were born to lie, and women, to believe them.
John Gay
(1685 – 1732) English writer
Characteristics
Honesty
Lies
Men
People
Women
I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.
Theodore Roosevelt
(1858 – 1919) 26th U.S. president
Characteristics
Intelligence
Stupidity
Heart
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