Subject: People (Page 44)

A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor
Characteristics People

Too slow to keep worms in a tin.

Intelligence People Stupidity

Give a civil servant a good cause and he’ll wreck it with cliches, bad punctuation, double negatives and convoluted apology.

(1928 – 1999) British politician & diarist
Occupations People Work

When I was a kid my family said having feelings was an act of treason.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor
Family Self

… there are three sexes – men, women, and clergymen.

(1771 – 1845) English writer & Anglican clergyman
Occupations People

Bo Derek turned down the role of Helen Keller because she couldn't remember the lines.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director
Entertainment Insults Memory People

Living with a saint is more grueling than being one.

(died 1457) English Bishop of Salisbury
People Situations

Narcissist: Psychoanalytic term for the person who loves himself more than his analyst.

Definitions People Self

Not with anybody else.

(1942 – ) American boxing champion
Emotions Love People Self

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all – he's walking on them.

(1904 – 1974) American author & radio producer
Beliefs Characteristics People

The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the happy wish to be married, the married wish to be dead.

(1918 – 2002) advice columnist
Marriage People Wealth

No doubt exists that all women are crazy, it’s only a question of degree.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer
Intelligence People Women

Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth.

(1717 – 1797) English art historian, antiquarian & politician
People

I consider myself to be a pretty good judge of people…that's why I don't like any of them.”

(1952 – ) comedian, actress & writer
People

If you own a home with wheels on it and several cars without, you just might be a redneck.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality
Characteristics People Rednecks Things

There are only two kinds of men; the dead and the deadly.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist
Men People

I like going to the park and watching the children run and jump around, because you see, they don't know I'm using blanks.

(1956 – ) American comedian
Arms Children People Things

Penis: Part of the male anatomy which contains the brain.

Body Definitions Men

A man is incomplete until he is married; after that, he is finished.

(1917 – 2016) Hungarian-born American actress
Marriage Men People

I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet
Friends Intelligence Old People

Where would I be without my sense of direction.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist
Language People Self