Sly Humor Quotes

#1. On April 3, 2014, Jane Goodall turned 80. The iconic blond ponytail has gone gray, but the sparkle of intelligence, sly humor, and fierce dedication still shines from her hazel eyes.

David Quammen

#2. I'm done with those; regrets are an excuse for people who have failed.

Ned Vizzini

#3. The truth is always the truth, although if a lie has been repeated enough, especially by a figure of authority, the general population will begin to see those lies as truth.

Joseph P. Kauffman

#4. And if one doesn't dare to do something immediately then one never does it.

Tove Jansson

#5. Pulaski had never been one for the overwrought plot; any entanglement he could imagine between these two lines of evidence was willful to the point of insanity.

Garth Risk Hallberg

#6. There is an enormous shadow industry of scammers and amateurs who prey on aspiring writers, who divert people from the real publishing industry into this shadow world of vanity publishing and fee-charging agents.

Victoria Strauss

#7. I loved Catwoman's sense of humor. I love how sly she is. I love how she, to use a cat metaphor, walks the fence and you don't know which side she's going to come down on. She's totally independent. And let's face it, she's badass.

Anne Hathaway

#8. The second means of attraction which He used is Emptiness, as we see when we place one end of a hollow pipe in water, and draw up it by suction; the water runs up the stem to the mouth, because the emptiness of the pipe, from which the air has been drawn, draws the water to itself.

Meister Eckhart

#9. In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's.

Jean Rostand

#10. It feels as though these things happened just yesterday. Music has that power to revive memories, sometimes so intensely they hurt.

Haruki Murakami

#11. I want to stand on the truth that God has designed us to stand, and that the opportunity to stand is the opportunity to live exuberantly and gloriously.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

#12. Will you please stop peeking at me like that? This is degrading enough as it is."
"Did it ever occur to you," I said, with a sly smile and a wink, "that you're irresistibly handsome, I can't keep my eyes off of you?"
He threw his head back in a laugh. "Of course. I should have realized.

Lani Woodland

#13. Two hours with my grandpa felt like eternity, but also like not long enough. I should have come sooner. I should have called him more this past year. I should have watched more Cubs games with him, and I should have been better at being his grandson.

Matthew Norman

#14. Other-cheekism is not only a way of purifying the soul, it is also part of every weak person's survival kit.

Quentin Crisp

#15. The secret to success: find something you love to do so much, you can't wait for the sun to rise to do it all over again.

Chris Gardner

#16. We have just witnessed a classic example of what I like to call 'misdirected rage'. I believe the technical term is being an ass.

Natsuki Takaya

#17. Hope turned sly. "What if the slice of apple pie is served a la mode?"

Smiling, Peggy Sue regarded her tall, brunette, and blue-eyed friend. "Is the slice of apple pie served a la mode with three scoops of homemade vanilla ice cream piled on top of it?

Lyn Key

#18. Leo: "So ... giants who can throw mountains. Friendly wolves that will eat us if we show weakness. Evil espresso drinks. Gotcha. Maybe this isn't the best time to bring up my psycho babysitter."
Piper: "Is that another joke?

Rick Riordan

#19. Looking back, I didn't realize until years later what a huge influence Red Skelton was in my stage demeanor with the band. I mean, I always liked things that were funny, and later I realized that having a sly sense of humor was a way to get attention and even respect in school.

Jello Biafra