Quotes About Attitude

Nor do I in any way approve of the modern sympathy with invalids.  I consider it morbid.  Illness of any kind is hardly a thing to be encouraged in others. 

You should treat the trivial things in life seriously and the serious things in life with a sincere and studied triviality

I hope to-morrow will be a fine day, Lane. Lane.  It never is, sir. Algernon.  Lane, you're a perfect pessimist. Lane.  I do my best to give satisfaction, sir.

Really, if the lower orders don't set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them?  They seem, as a class, to have absolutely no sense of moral responsibility.

Wenn eine Frau ihre Fehler nicht charmant begehen kann, ist sie nichts als ein Weib.

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life. We are not sent into the world to air our moral prejudices. I never take any notice of what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do.

Your cynicism is simply a pose.

I hate people who are not serious about meals.  It is so shallow of them.

The only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her, if she is pretty, and to some one else, if she is plain.

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously.  If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't.  Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism. LADY

JACK: For heaven's sake, don't try to be cynical. It's perfectly easy to be cynical. ALGERNON: My dear fellow, it isn't easy to be anything nowadays. There's such a lot of beastly competition about.

I never take any notice of what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do.

Marriage is hardly a thing that one can do now and then, Harry. Except in America, rejoined Lord Henry languidly.

Optimism is cowardice .

The most unbelievable thing about my behaviour is that I was convinced it was entirely f**king normal.

I could not but feel that it was ironical that the old relative should have spoken disparagingly of fawns as a class, sneering at their timidity in that rather lofty and superior manner, for he himself could have walked straight into a gathering of these animals and no questions asked.

She gazed at Berry with stolid affection, like a cow inspecting a turnip.

I always thought you had you a bad case of head-up-your-ass-itis. -Kramisha

I know dead. I've been there, done that and got the freakin' T-shirt.

No, my young apprentice. You said the exact right thing. Again. I'm just laughing at life. Why? he asked, opening both his eyes. Because sometimes it's either laugh or cry. I prefer laugh. How about you?

Over Kyle's shoulder she could see grandpa, looking like a cross between a grizzly bear and a giant pissed-off blowfish.

I am not a morning person. Never have been - never want to be. As a matter of fact, I am vaguely distrustful of people who bound out of bed early like demented puppies. It's barbaric to wake up before 9:00 a.m.

Morning people use up their perky too early and end up being just plain grumpy.

You know how it is with cats: They don't really have owners, they have staff.