Subject: Characteristics (Page 31)

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

(1906 – 1982) baseball player
Age Characteristics Old

Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.

(1880 – ?) American author
Characteristics Lies

There are only two ways of telling the complete truth – anonymously and posthumously.

(1930 – ) economist, social commentator & author
Characteristics Honesty Truth

I chose the tuba based on this theory: if you're not cool enough to be a cheerleader, make sure you're carrying something big enough to knock one on her ass.

American comedian
Characteristics

To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist
Characteristics Honesty Mistakes Problems

You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you.

American baseball player
Baseball Characteristics Sports

… like to think that [Graham] Chapman was there with them all that day— “or rather, he will be in about 25 minutes.”

(1943 – ) English comedian, writer, television host & actor
Characteristics

I have never been jealous; not even when my dad finished fifth grade a year before I did.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality
Characteristics Education Fathers School

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

(1917 – 1963) 35th U.S. president
Characteristics

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

(1903 – 1966) English writer
Characteristics

I'm proud of my humility.

Characteristics

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

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

Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

(1922 – 1990) American actress
Characteristics Misspokements

Admiration: Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Characteristics Communication Definitions Language Self

Culture is what your butcher would have if he were a surgeon.

author
Characteristics

He never seemed to be doing anything, and yet he did not like to be disturbed at it.

(1807 – 1892) American poet & advocate of the abolition of slavery
Characteristics Situations Work

You know I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Characteristics Intelligence Time

Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist
Characteristics Family Situations

Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.

Characteristics

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

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

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist
Characteristics People