Subject: Characteristics (Page 42)

A lady is one who never shows her underwear… unintentionally.

(1893 – 1991) novelist, biographer & playwright
Appearance Characteristics Clothing

The status quo sucks.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author
Characteristics Situations

I get enough exercise just pushing my luck.

Activities Characteristics Exercise

Style, is like a frog:  you can dissect the thing, but it somehow dies in process.

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Characteristics

Mercy: An attribute beloved of detected offenders.

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

I always take blushing either for a sign of guilt, or of ill breeding.

(1670 – 1729) English playwright & poet
Appearance Characteristics

There's many a pessimist who got that way by financing an optimist.

Characteristics Money

Actions lie louder than words.

(1966 – ) American magazine editor
Characteristics Lies

If you live long enough, the venerability factor creeps in; first, you get accused of things you never did, and later, credited for virtues you never had.

(1907 – 1989) American writer
Age Characteristics Old

Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Characteristics

The meek shall inherit the earth, but not the mineral rights.

(1892 – 1976) oil industrialist (once world’s richest man)
Characteristics Money

He’s so mean, he’d bite himself.

Characteristics Expressions

You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.

(1909 – 1966) Polish poet, writer & aphorist
Characteristics

New York is not Mecca… it just smells like it.

(1927 – 2018) playwright & screenwriter
Characteristics New York City Places

We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.

(1913 – 1973) American animator & cartoonist (Pogo)
Characteristics Situations

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain—and most fools do.

(1888 – 1955) American writer, lecturer & developer of self-improvement skills
Characteristics Communication Fools Intelligence

Those whose approval you seek the most give you the least.

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Characteristics Murphy’s Laws People

Indecision may or may not be my problem.

(1946 – ) singer, songwriter, author & businessman
Characteristics Intelligence Problems

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

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

You know, you can’t please all the people all the time… and last night, all those people were at my show.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian
Characteristics Entertainment People

If you can’t be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.

Characteristics