“An irresponsible person is a person who makes vague promises, then breaks his word, blames it on circumstances and expects other people to forgive it.”
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Angry Quotes — page 84 of 1190
“I hate commas in the wrong places.”
“When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married.”
“I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.”
“The old parties are husks, with no real soul within either, divided on artificial lines, boss-ridden and privilege-controlled, each a jumble of incongruous elements, and neither daring to speak out wisely and fearlessly on what should be said on the vital issues of the day.”
“There's nothing more boring than unintelligent actors, because all they have to talk about is themselves and acting. There have to be other things.”
“Good strong thick stupefying incense-smoke!”
“Hello Satan, it's time to go. Me and the devil, walkin' side by side.”
“Two Soviets . . . were talking to each other. And one of them asked, "What's the difference between the Soviet Constitution and the United States Constitution?" And the other one said, "That's easy. The Soviet Constitution guarantees freedom of speech and freedom of gathering. The American Constitution guarantees freedom after speech and freedom after gathering."”
“Perversity is the muse of modern literature.”
“Once one assumes an attitude of intolerance, there is no knowing where it will take one. Intolerance, someone has said, is violence to the intellect and hatred is violence to the heart.”
“Cowardice is impotence worse than violence. The coward desires revenge but being afraid to die, he looks to others, maybe to the government of the day, to do the work of defense for him. A coward is less than a man. He does not deserve to be a member of a society of men and women.”
“...the evil system of colonialism and imperialism arose and throve with the enslavement of Negroes and the trade in Negroes, and it will surely come to its end with the complete emancipation of the Black people.”
“Marijuana has killed far fewer people than swimming pools; it’s the war against it that does all the violence.”
“The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.”
“And if our book consumption remains as low as it has been, at least let us admit that it is because reading is a less exciting pastime than going to the dogs, the pictures or the pub, and not because books, whether bought or borrowed, are too expensive.”
“Elected officials shouldn’t get to choose who gets to choose elected officials.”
“Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.”
“When the rich [and politically powerful] make war, it's the poor [and politically weak] who die.”
“I have big friends who won't go swimming because they're too embarrassed about it. I feel that's such a shame, because actually people should be encouraging fat people who are exercising to do it, not pointing and laughing.”