Humbuggery Quotes

#1. Roald Dahl pioneered a new kind of literature for youngsters, one that dispensed with cant and solemnity, favoring anarchy and joy over duty and humbuggery while acknowledging that oftentimes no good deed goes unpunished. But ultimately, it was his sheer joie de vivre that carried the day.

Paul Di Filippo

#2. People in Hong Kong are stylish and fashionable, which is one of the many reasons making Hong Kong itself such an energetic place.

David Beckham

#3. You can reach stupidity only with a cannon ball.

Josh Billings

#4. The true value of money - it was meant to be shared, used to help others, but also represented a type of freedom

Mia Sheridan

#5. All the religions are super funny to me.

Trey Parker

#6. Research has deserted the individual and entered the group. The individual worker find the problem too large, not too difficult. He must learn to work with others.

Theobald Smith

#7. Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, that's beautiful.

Rashida Jones

#8. I tend to write during the day so I can see my children at night. But if my kids aren't with me and I have a chunk of time when I'm a single woman living in my house for a miraculous week, I will get to write at different hours.

Madonna Ciccone

#9. God uses the flawed, the failures, and the imperfect to accomplish His perfect will.

Elizabeth George

#10. Suspense is one of the ways you persuade a reader to become engaged and stay engaged with your work.

Marge Piercy

#11. Pompey bade Sylla recollect that more worshipped the rising than the setting sun.

Plutarch

#12. The poor are our brothers and sisters ... people in the world who need love, who need care, who have to be wanted.

Mother Teresa

#13. The journey over the bridge had unnerved me. The river water passed me by like an untouched drink. I suspected that even if my mother and brother had not been there I would have made no move to jump.

Sylvia Plath