Commonplace Quote by Robert Staughton Lynd

“Wise individuals frequently say very little, but what they do say hits the mark. Such remarks often remain in the mind of the recipient…

— Donna Goddard

there is such a mistaken notion abroad in this country that the individual who makes sharp remarks must be sincere, while the one who…

— J. E. Buckrose

If something is worth being rude about, it is worth understanding as well.

— Anonymous

Courtesy and good-humour are often found with little real worth.

— Samuel Johnson

Conversation's got to have some root in the past, or else you've got to explain every remark you make, an' it wears a person…

— Sarah Orne Jewett

There are persons whose only merit consists in saying and doing stupid things at the right time, and who ruin all if they change…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

... it's vastly more irksome to give up one's own way, than to hear a few impertinent remarks.

— Fanny Burney

I let people make remarks about me, but it doesn't touch me, all those remarks.

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

“People are going to say a lot of things. And some of it will be helpful, and some of it will be annoying, and…

— Michelle Falkoff

“The most satisfying compliment a reader can pay is to tell me that he or she feels personally addressed. Think of your own favorite…

— Christopher Hitchens

There are some virtues to not saying what you think all the time.

— Margaret Atwood

I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their…

— Dorothy Day