Quotes 41 till 59 of 59.
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The commercial class has always mistrusted verbal brilliancy and wit, deeming such qualities, perhaps with some justice, frivolous and unprofitable.
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The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
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The two most beautiful words in the English language are: ''Check Enclosed.''
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There's a helluva distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
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They sicken at the calm that know the storm.
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This book is not to be tossed lightly aside, but to be hurled with great force.
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This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
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Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.
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Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.
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Tradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We are afraid to be either proud of our ancestors or ashamed of them. We scorn nobility in name and in fact. We cling to a bourgeois mediocrity which would make it appear we are all Americans, made in the image and likeness of George Washington.
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What I wrote all the time when I was a kid - I don't want to call it 'poetry,' because it wasn't poetry. I was not that kind of a writer. I was a rhymer. I was a fan of Dorothy Parker's, so maybe I wrote poetry to that extent, but my main focus was the humor of it, and word construction, and the slant. Your words, it's a very powerful experience.
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Where's the man could ease a heart, like a satin gown?
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Why is it no one ever sent me yet one perfect limousine, do you suppose? Ah no, it's always just my luck to get one perfect rose.
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Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
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You can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think.
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