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witty lying trying
Trying to be witty leads to lying, more or less. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
witty self rose
He grinned. “Busted. I’m a monster. Jev is my deceptively harmless — and shockingly handsome — alter ego.” “And I’m on top of it,” she announced with witty triumph. “Is that a Freudian slip?” His bluntness caught her off guard. A self-conscious blush rose in her face. Becca Fitzpatrick
witty people world
Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent. Antoine Rivarol
witty disappointment party
I often feel I'm a disappointment to people because they expect me to be the guy in the books. When I sit next to someone at a dinner party I can see they expect me to be quick and witty, and I'm not at all. Bill Bryson
witty zebras inspiration
A zebra does not change its spots. Al Gore
witty truth science
There is one thing even more vital to science than intelligent methods; and that is, the sincere desire to find out the truth, whatever it may be. Charles Pierce
witty humor mean
Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law. Ayn Rand
witty guilt accepting
The worst guilt is to accept an unearned guilt. Ayn Rand
witty humorous healing
You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand
travel airplane flying
I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
travel belief language
Language is the source of misunderstandings. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
travel stars distance
The vast distances that separate the stars are providential. Beings and worlds are quarantined from one another. The quarantine is lifted only for those with sufficient self-knowledge and judgment to have safely traveled from star to star. Carl Sagan
travel bunk fascination
I turned to my own bunk and examined it with a kind of appalled fascination. If the mattress stains were anything to go by, a previous user had not so much suffered from incontinence as rejoiced in it. He had evidently included the pillow in his celebrations. Bill Bryson
travel cities feelings
I love the feeling of being anonymous in a city I've never been before. Bill Bryson
travel nice europe
Traveling makes you realize what an immeasurably nice place much of America could be if only people possessed the same instinct for preservation as they do in Europe. Bill Bryson
travel names looks
What is it about maps? I could look at them all day, earnestly studying the names of towns and villages I have never heard of and will never visit... Bill Bryson
travel cities evening
I could spend my life arriving each evening in a new city. Bill Bryson
travel memorable pessimism
Perhaps it's my natural pessimism, but it seems that an awfully large part of travel these days is to see things while you still can. Bill Bryson
work works
Rebalancing doesn't work every time. It works over time. John Nersesian
work
Our participants can work just as well as you or I. Mac McCabe
works
Sri Lanka is a part of my background: it's not where I live, but it's what I want to explore. And I find it works very well to explore through fiction. Romesh Gunesekera
work
Some of the work is in dispute. Hopefully, it will be settled. Jim Coyne
work worked
Republicans originally thought that Fox worked for us and now we're discovering we work for Fox. David Frum
work-out mergers majority
The market is going to love it. The market always seems to applaud major mergers, even though the vast majority of them don't work out and don't increase shareholder value. Barry Ritholtz
work
Well a little disappointed but we'll work with what we have to work with. David Burnett
work labor-day quality
There is no labor a person does that is undignified; if they do it right. Bill Cosby
work delivery pizza
I'd rather sell reefer than do pizza delivery. Big Pun