Subject: Characteristics (Page 13)

I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your efforts to believe it.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter
Characteristics

An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.

(1912 – 2003) newspaper columnist
Characteristics People

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

(1894 – 1961) author, cartoonist & humorist
Characteristics

The cure for boredom is curiosity; there is no cure for curiosity.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet
Characteristics Intelligence

He’d fight an anvil.

Characteristics Expressions

Perfection is what American women expect to find in their husbands… but English women only hope to find in their butlers.

(1874 – 1965) English dramatist & novelist
America Characteristics England Husbands Women

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.

(1909 – 2005) management writer
Characteristics

I don't have any tattoos or piercings yet, but I do have a cold sore I've been ignoring.

(1959 – ) American comedian, actress & singer
Characteristics People Self

Power corrupts; absolute power is kind of neat.

(1942 – ) American investment banker, writer & Secretary of the Navy
Characteristics

There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.

(1906 – 1972) pianist, composer, author, comedian & actor
Beliefs Characteristics Opinion

I think, in most cases, the difference between depression and disappointment is your level of commitment.

(1963 – ) American stand-up comedian
Characteristics Health

Good manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup.

(1898 – 1971) American humorist
Characteristics

An easily understood, workable falsehood is more useful than a complex, incomprehensible truth.

Characteristics Honesty Intelligence Lies Murphy’s Laws Truth

I’m so lazy I’ve got a smoke alarm with a snooze button.

(1967 – ) English actor, writer & comedian
Characteristics Situations Things

Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.

(1908 – 1976) publisher & author
Characteristics

Egotism: Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Characteristics Definitions

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator
Characteristics Failure Success

The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.

(1907 – 1988) science fiction author
Characteristics Death Life

One good thing about punctuality is that it’s a sure way to help you enjoy a few minutes of privacy.

(1917 – 1995) Canadian-American chemist & author
Characteristics Time

We have the Bill of Rights; what we need is a Bill of Responsibilities.

(1956 – ) comedian, television host, social critic & political commentator
Characteristics Government

The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.

(1959 – ) American comedian
Characteristics Taxes