Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carrie Fisher

You can't find any true closeness in Hollywood, because everybody does the fake closeness so well.

Carrie Fisher

Instant gratification takes too long.

Bill Vaughan

Muscles come and go; flab lasts.

Bill Bryson

Germans are flummoxed by humor, the Swiss have no concept of fun, the Spanish think there is nothing at all ridiculous about eating dinner at midnight, and the Italians should never, ever have been let in on the invention of the motor car.

Carl Jung

Aw, now look at that, you're being sarcastic, aren't you?

Charles Kingsley

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them.

Alanis Morissette

In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming.

Charles Osgood

Being Politically Correct means always having to say you're sorry.

Benjamin Disraeli

A sophisticated rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity.

Cecelia Ahern

You know, sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.' 'And yet it is still extremely funny.

Edgar Allan Poe

The writer who neglects punctuation, or mispunctuates, is liable to be misunderstood for the want of merely a comma, it often occurs that an axiom appears a paradox, or that a sarcasm is converted into a sermonoid.

Alexis Ohanian

I like sarcasm. I like snark.

Nick Hornby

Sarcasm and compassion are two of the qualities that make life on Earth tolerable.

Daniel Johns

People don't understand sarcasm, like, they take everything too seriously. People need to lighten up and go ice skating.

David Foster Wallace

sarcasm and jokes were often the bottle in which clinical depressives sent out their most plangent screams for someone to care and help them.

Christopher Moore

That's the difference between irony and sarcasm. Irony can be spontaneous, while sarcasm requires volition. You have to create sarcasm.

Christopher Moore

It's wildly irritating to have invented something as revolutionary as sarcasm, only to have it abused by amateurs.

Jane Austen

You have delighted us long enough.

Dusty Baker

Maybe I shouldn't have cursed. I had just given him the highest compliment last week when I said he's one of the pitchers I respect most in the league, because he doesn't clown, he doesn't showboat. He just pitches.

Ashton Kutcher

I would just like a woman someday, somewhere, at some point in my life to say to me, 'You're a great listener.' Haven't heard it yet, and that's a superior compliment to get from a woman. But I'm going to work on it.

Bill Vaughan

I could live a week on one good compliment.

Paul Epstein

That was the one universal compliment ... everyone was excited about the course. That's just such a credit to Pat. We could not have had this race without him and his expertise.

Ken Morrison

I think it was a huge success, ... It really made me feel good. Particularly such compliments as, this is the best-run tournament I've ever played in.

J. M. Roberts

I think that's a nice compliment to these guys and their effort. I like my team.

Dave Littlefield

It definitely can be a serious matter. There's always a concern in regards to clots, aneurysms, things like that. Evidently, we moved on it very quickly. ... I really compliment our doctors from the standpoint of detecting this.

Judy Carter

Give compliments to others, and make it a point to interact with your family members. Speak slowly on purpose, and finally, sit for 15 minutes and do nothing.

Sean Maher

It always takes a moment for me to process something like that, ... I think I'm prepared for it, but it's like receiving a really generous compliment that leaves you at a loss for words.