Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes

Irony is to the high-bred what billingsgate is to the vulgar; and when one gentleman thinks another gentleman an ass, he does not say it point-blank, he implies it in the politest terms he can invent.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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• Entrepreneurship is really hard and painful - I'm not sure I'd recommend it for anyone who can't handle the extreme stress.

  

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• Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

  

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• I've had this underlying need to go to a place and meet people who are on the other end of the portion of my tax money that goes to fund the U.S. and other militaries.

  

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• If you see fraud and do not say fraud, you are a fraud.

  

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• It was like the Beatles had arrived, you know. These four elderly ladies, and they were screaming for us-screaming for us. It was wonderful.

  

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• Death by hanging...well, in view of the whole situation, I never expected anything different. It's all right.

  

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• Ah, but ignorance is better. At least then there's hope.

  

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• I always have a book that I use that somehow inspires my novels.

  

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• My mother was a housewife but she was also an artist. My father was an electrical engineer.

  

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• I tend to renovate properties when I'm not working.

  

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• My father started growing very quiet as Alzheimer's started claiming more of him. The early stages of Alzheimer's are the hardest because that person is aware that they're losing awareness. And I think that that's why my father started growing more and more quiet.

  

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• I walk around a lot. People come up to me and say 'Hi,' but not that often. I mean, I get it plenty often, but sometimes I wish they'd come up to me more! I mean, I'm just a regular guy.

  

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• When you tell an Iowan a joke, you can see a kind of race going on between his brain and his expression.

  

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• Oh, go in anywhere Colonel, go in anywhere. You'll find lovely fighting all along the line.

  

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• I think it's very important to send the message that, while parents are needed to remind you to practice and occasionally force you to finish things... they also need to learn to respect you. You as an individual, ultimately, are the captain of where you're going.

  

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• The best cartoons have no words at all - just the image pops out.

  

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• There's blood in my mouthCause I've been biting my tongue all week I keep on talking trashBut I never say anythingAnd the talking leads to touchingAnd the touching leads to sexAnd then there is no mystery left

  

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• One of the reasons why I have no regular job, and why I have not had a regular job for years, is quite simply that my ideas differ from those of the gentlemen who hand out the jobs to individuals who think as they do. It is not just a question of my appearance, which is what they have sanctimoniously reproached me with. It goes deeper, I do assure you.

  

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• If you decide you need a secured card, use it to charge small items every month, then pay the balance off in full. If your credit score improves, and the bank doesn't offer to upgrade your card within 12 to 18 months, give them a call. If they refuse, try another lender.

  

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• When companies are private, founders can share more about their future dreams with investors; report less; and the shares are illiquid, constraining short-term changes in valuation.

  

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• I'm much more at home with Daffy Duck than I am with a real person.

  

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• Irony is to the high-bred what billingsgate is to the vulgar; and when one gentleman thinks another gentleman an ass, he does not say it point-blank, he implies it in the politest terms he can invent.

  

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
  • Gentleman
  • Irony
  • Invent