Quotes About Attitude

He could already hear the "You haven't even given it a chance yet" lecture, one of his mother's favorites. Then his father would deliver the crowning touch with "Life is what you make it." It was a devastating combination

So many tangles in life are ultimately hopeless that we have no appropriate sword other than laughter.

Emma took everything in stride. Whether this was a sign of intelligence or of perfect indifference, Caroline could not fathom.

Indifference and pride look very much alike, and he probably thought I was proud.

We are all resigned to death: it's life we aren't resigned to.

cynicism is cheap - you can buy it at any monoprix store. it's built into all poor-quality goods.

She always harboured my criticism: it was only praise that slid from her like the snow.

unemployment was not a mark of the lazy man; that the beggar did not beg because he would not work; that had once been the case in the England he knew best, but things were different now.

There was something defenceless, it seemed to Scobie, in his whole attitude: he stood there waiting for people to be friendly or unfriendly- he didn't seem to expect some reaction more than another. He was like a dog. Nobody had yet drawn on his face the lines that make a human being.

If I had been told I would have laughed, as I laugh now on my better days.

I was no longer on my dignity.

don't worry. I'm not shocked. I have no politics.

I drive through the streets and I care not a damn, The people they stare, and they ask who I am; And if I should chance to run over a cad, I can pay for the damage if ever so bad. So pleasant it is to have money, heigh ho! So pleasant it is to have money.

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

Even with all the mayonnaise in the world, you can't make chicken salad out of chicken shit.

Busy" is another word for "asshole.

How you do anything is how you do everything.

Not all lawyers are annoying. Some are dead.

I intend to live forever. So far, so good. —STEVEN WRIGHT

Sir, 'pessimist' is a term invented by optimists to describe realists.

The choice you make, between hating and forgiving, can become the story of your life.

Now sadly there is attitude and no style.

Arrogance is pride's calling card, and crowds everything with Self. Gratitude is humility's calling card, and is the space left inside for love.

I think wisdom is over-rated. Wisdom is just cleverness, with all the guts kicked out of it. I'd rather be clever than wise, any day. Most of the wise people I know give me a headache, but I never met a clever man or woman I didn't like.