Quotes About Attitude

Hardboiled crime fiction came of age in 'Black Mask' magazine during the Twenties and Thirties. Writers like Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler learnt their craft and developed a distinct literary style and attitude toward the modern world.

Every survival kit should include a sense of humor.

Getting a comedic view of your situation gives you spiritual distance. Having a sense of humor saves you.

...the sense of the Absurd, which is despair refusing to take itself seriously.

An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease.

I don't cry over spilt milk, but a fallen scoop of ice cream is enough to ruin my whole day.

I would rather have my ignorance than another man's knowledge, because I have so much more of it.

A man is getting old when he walks around a puddle instead of through it.

I've used up all my sick days so I'm calling in dead.

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.

Even if there is nothing to laugh about, laugh on credit.

Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

When everything doesn't go perfectly as hoped, it isn't tragedy — it's life.

I don't suffer from insanity — I enjoy every minute of it.

Boys will be boys — and so will a lot of middle-aged men.

Look at the bright side — at least Mondays only happen once a week.

If each day is a gift, I'd like to know where to return Mondays.

What do you call a person who is happy on Mondays? Unemployed.

The older generation thought nothing of getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning — and the younger generation doesn't think so much of it either.

I try to start every morning with a mug of cheer and an over-easy attitude.

I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort. If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favor of doing it.

In optimism there is magic. In pessimism there is nothing.

Always look on the bright side of life. Otherwise it'll be too dark to read.

Of course I look at the glass half full. The only time I would look at it half empty is when I think about how good the first half tasted.