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bad person

«It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that.»
Author: Alan Alda | Keywords: bad person, too bad
«Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way.»
«So many persons think divorce a panacea for every ill, who find out, when they try it, that the remedy is worse than the disease»
«The worst bankruptcy in the world is the person who has lost his enthusiasm.»
«I have noted that persons with bad judgment are most insistent that we do what they think best.»
Author: Lionel Abel | About: Judgement | Keywords: bad person, insistent, noted
«Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book, If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for.»
«And we certainly don't have full conversations on cellphones. You know? Usually the reception is so bad, but it's only bad on your side. The person talking to you has no clue...They're just rambling on and on. You've got your finger jammed in your ear, you're shushing people on the streets. You're ducked behind a dumpster so you can hear about your friend's new hair cut. 'What about the bangs are they shorter?!?...Are the bangs shorter?!?...THE BAAANGS!!!»
«A mature person is one who is does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably»
«Life is too short to spend your precious time trying to convince a person who wants to live in gloom and doom otherwise. Give lifting that person your best shot, but don't hang around long enough for his or her bad attitude to pull you down. Instead, surround yourself with optimistic people.»