Quotes of Foible - somelinesforyou

“ When compelled to cook, I produce a meal that would make a sword swallower gag. ”

- Russell Baker

“ The rich can be "eccentric," the poor have to be considered "nuts. ”

- Unknown

“ The ability to sin differs among people. For example, a short-armed fisherman isn't as big a liar as a long-armed one. ”

- Unknown

“ I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches. ”

- Alice Roosevelt Longworth

“ At home I am a nice guy, but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't go very far. ”

- Muhammad Ali

“ He talks at the drop of a pause. ”

- John Mason Brown

“ No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have - and I think he is a dirty little beast. ”

- W.S. Gilbert

“ No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have - and I think he's a dirty little beast. ”

- W. S. Gilbert

“ Everyone is ignorant, only on different subjects. ”

- Will Rogers

“ She realizes she doesn't know as much as God but feels she knows as much as God knew when he was her age. ”

- Dorothy Parker

“ The worst thing about a bore is not that he won't stop talking, but that he won't let you stop listening. ”

- Unknown

“ I don't believe in astrology. The only stars I can blame for my failures are those that walk about the stage. ”

- Noel Coward

“ It gives me great strength to know that half the people I meet are below average. ”

- Unknown

“ I was once thrown out of a mental hospital for depressing the other patients. ”

- Oscar Levant

“ After twelve years of therapy my psychiatrist said something that brought tears to my eyes. He said, "No bablo ingles. ”

- Ronnie Shakes

“ I'm not at all stuck up... although, judging from those around me, I have every right to be. ”

- Unknown

“ I've got nothing against girls in tight sweaters - darn it! ”

- Unknown

“ Let's just say, he has too many pigeons on his antenna. ”

- Unknown

“ I have my standards. They may be low, but I have them. ”

- Bette Midler

“ Yesterday was the first day of the rest of your life... and you messed it up again. ”

- Patrick Murray

“ I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I'll know how it turned out. ”

- Nora Ephron

“ I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world. ”

- Georges Duhamel

“ I have too much respect for the truth to drag it out on every trifling occasion. ”

- Mark Twain

“ We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap. ”

- Mignon McLaughlin

“ One does not lash at lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little bit our own. Only then will the work be a part of our own flesh. The garden must be weeded. ”

- Paul Klee

“ Positiveness is an absurd foible. If you are in the right, it lessens your triumph; if in the wrong, it adds shame to your defeat. ”

- Laurence Sterne

“ The common foible of women who have been handsome is to forget that they are no longer so. ”

- Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“ One does not lash hat lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little bit our own. Only then will the work be a part of our own flesh. The garden must be weeded. ”

- Paul Klee

“ A man's foibles are what makes him lovable. ”

- Goethe

“ Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. ”

- Jules Renard
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