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.

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