Subject: Characteristics (Page 12)

The English think incompetence is the same thing as sincerity.

(1908 – 1999) English writer
Characteristics England People Places

Nervous as a cat in a room full of rockers

Characteristics Emotions Expressions

He’s gettin’ above his raisin.'

Characteristics

I'm as pure as the driven slush.

(1903 – 1968) movie actress
Characteristics

Consistence requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

1865 – 1959) American art historian
Characteristics Intelligence Stupidity

He’d steal flies from a blind spider.

Characteristics Expressions Honesty

Pain: An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body, or may be purely mental, caused by the good fortune of another.

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

Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author
Characteristics Honesty

Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Activities Baseball Characteristics Sports

My one regret in life is that I am not someone else.

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

To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up.

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

A bleeding heart can be hell on the carpeting.

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author
Body Characteristics Situations Things

Our ego is our silent partner – too often with a controlling interest.

(1923 – ) American quote & quip writer
Characteristics People Self

I was going to buy a copy of The Power of Positive Thinking, and then I thought: What the hell good would that do?

comedian
Books Characteristics Communication Reading/Writing

Badness comes in waves.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws

Liars get caught by the tale.

Characteristics Honesty Lies Murphy’s Laws

If I were married to her, I’d be sure to have dinner ready when she got home.

(1920 – ) American economist, statesman & businessman
Characteristics People

Slander: To lie, or tell the truth about someone.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Characteristics Communication Definitions

You can’t learn too soon that the most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws

I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.

(1869 – 1948) Indian leader of independence movement
Characteristics People

Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Characteristics Honesty