Adjective Quote by William Safire

Real men don't get drunk threw straws

— GuyCodes

“Troubles of Straw Spun Into Gold Just as in the fairy tale RUMPELSTILTSKIN, God will spin your straw into gold. You won’t know how…

— Cheryl Zelenka

“When given freedom of speech, most men merely quote other men.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I wonder who it was defined man as a rational animal. It was the most premature definition ever given. Man is many things, but…

— Oscar Wilde

It was like the Wizard of Oz had spoken, and what he said was too ludicrous to take seriously.

— Anthony Kiedis

“That is an expression, Sir John," said Marianne, warmly, "which I particularly dislike. I abhor every common–place phrase by which wit is intended; and…

— Jane Austen

“Words may show a man's wit, actions his meaning.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.

— Benjamin Franklin

And when all was said and done the lies a fellow told about himself couldn't probably hold a proverbial candle to the wholesale whoppers…

— James Joyce

The sound man, immune as to a sacrifice of straw dogs, faces the passing human generations.

— Frederick Lenz

“I coiled my empty straw wrapper around like a snake. Then I bit it before it could bite me. My love is as dangerous…

— Jarod Kintz

It is surprising to see what superficial, inconsequential reasonings satisfy the most part of mankind. A piece of wit, a jest, a simile, or…

— John Arbuthnot