Quotes about foibles
Nora Ephron - When Harry Met Sally
I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend the day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you
Iris Murdoch - the Sea
Mercifully one forgets one's love affairs as one forgets one's dreams.
Elizabeth Goudge - The Rosemary Tree
I mean, you may cause others a spot of bother by your weaknesses, perhaps, but coping with you may possibly increase their strength and sympathy. But if you sin deliberately, even if it seems only against yourself--well--you won't be the only one to suffer. You may even be the one who suffers least.
Anonymous -
He could sell the Pope on financing a Mormon tabernacle.
George Carlin -
Some people see the cup as half empty. Some people see the cup as half full. I see the cup as too large.
Judy Tenuta -
My mother said "You won't amount to anything because you procrastinate." I said "Just wait."
Molly Ivins -
I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.
Wendy Morgan -
I don't believe in astrology - of course that's very typical of Leos.
Mitni Pond -
Being popular is important. Otherwise people might not like you.
Anonymous -
The rich can be "eccentric " the poor have to be considered "nuts."
Ted Turner -
If I only had a little humility I'd be perfect.
Anonymous -
The ability to sin differs among people. For example a short-armed fisherman isn't as big a liar as a long-armed one.
Alice Roosevelt Longworth -
I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.
Lorene Workman -
You can't act like a skunk without someone's getting wind of it.
Howard Crossman -
I don't gamble. I invest with a risk.
Muhammad Ali -
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.
Judy Hampton -
I never gossip but I can give you the names of certain people who do.
Jules Renard -
Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
John Mason Brown -
He talks at the drop of a pause.
Linda Merkin -
Deep down I'm really shallow.
W. S. Gilbert -
No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have - and I think he's a dirty little beast.
Will Rogers -
Everyone is ignorant only on different subjects.
Olin Miller -
What a pity human beings can't exchange problems. Everyone knows exactly how to solve the other fellow's.
Dorothy Parker -
She realizes she doesn't know as much as God but feels she knows as much as God knew when he was her age.
Anonymous -
The worst thing about a bore is not that he won't stop talking but that he won't let you stop listening.
Raymond Nash -
Horse sense is what keeps horses from betting on what people will do.
Fran Lebowitz -
I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
Russell Baker -
When compelled to cook I produce a meal that would make a sword swallower gag.
W. C. Fields -
I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally.
Anonymous -
It gives me great strength to know that half the people I meet are below average.
Oscar Levant -
I was once thrown out of a mental hospital for depressing other patients.
Mignon McLaughlin -
We'd all like a reputation for generosity and we'd all like to buy it cheap.
Jimmy Hoffa -
I may have faults but being wrong ain't one of them.
Ronnie Shakes -
After twelve years of therapy my psychiatrist said something that brought tears to my eyes. He said "No bablo ingles."
Anonymous -
I'm not at all stuck up . . . although judging from those around me I have every right to be.
Rita Mae Brown -
Lead me not into temptation I can find the way myself.
Anonymous -
I've got nothing against girls in tight sweaters - darn it!
Anonymous -
Let's just say he has too many pigeons on his antenna.
Bette Midler -
I have my standards. They may be low but I have them.
Louise Lotz -
She's not moody. She's just known for her versatility of emotions.
Patrick Murray -
Yesterday was the first day of the rest of your life . . . and you messed it up again.
Barbara Walters -
Show me someone who never gossips and I'll show you someone who isn't interested in people.
Nora Ephron -
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.
George Bergman -
Well-adjusted means you can make the same mistakes over and over again and keep smiling.
Mary Waldrip -
When someone sings his own praises he always gets the tune too high.
Peter de Vries -
Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.
Mark Twain -
I have too much respect for the truth to drag it out on every trifling occasion.
Katharine Whitehorn -
Laugh and the world laughs with you snore and you sleep alone.