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Letter "P" » pointing
«I never yet heard man or woman much abused that I was not inclined to think the better of them, and to transfer the suspicion or dislike to the one who found pleasure in pointing out the defects of another»
Author: Jane Porter
| About:
Mankind
| Keywords:
abused, pointing, pointing out, transfer, transferring
«Curmudgeon: Anyone who hates hypocrisy and pretense and has the temerity to say so; anyone with the habit of pointing out unpleasant facts in an engaging and humorous manner»
«Men are forever pointing at others, which is why I always follow the knuckle and not the nail.»
«I do think the patriotic thing to do is to critique my country. How else do you make a country better but by pointing out its flaws?»
Author: Bill Maher
(Actor, Comedian, Producer, Writer)
| Keywords:
critique, flaws, My Country, patriotic, pointing, pointing out
«And they always find in archeology ?a series of small walls.? Every time, a series of small walls. Everywhere you go. ?We?ve found a series of small walls, we?re very excited? I think this proves they had walls in olden days. They were very small, and? a series of small wall people.? And then someone comes along, very learned, with glasses, ?Of course, the king and queen entertained here? 1,500 courtiers, and there were soldiers, 20,000 soldiers in this room, and elephants dancing hopscotch over there? A mad fiddler in this room, playing the banjo, buttocks and aqueducts into a heater?? And you?re just watching, and going, ?You?re making this up, mate! You?re just pointing at a series of small walls, going, ?there, there? Tutankhamen playing banjo in there?? Don?t know if it?s true.?»
Author: Eddie Izzard
(Actor, Comedian)
| Keywords:
aqueducts, archeology, banjo, buttocks, courtier, courtiers, elephants, entertained, excited, fiddler, fiddlers, glasses, heater, hopscotch, Kings and Queens, King and Queen, mate, olden, pointing, proves, queen, series, soldiers, There There, the king, Tutankhamen
«Reporter: I like that. what's your name? [pointing tape recorder at Pheobe] Phoebe : Pheobe. That's, P, as in Phoebe, H, as in heobe, O as in oebe, E, as in ebe, B, as in bebe, and E as in... Ello there mate.»
«FOREFINGER, n. The finger commonly used in pointing out two malefactors.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
forefinger, malefactor, malefactors, pointing, pointing out, the finger
«PASSPORT, n. A document treacherously inflicted upon a citizen going abroad, exposing him as an alien and pointing him out for special reprobation and outrage.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
pointing, reprobation, treacherously
«Doubtless criticism was originally benignant, pointing out the beauties of a work rather that its defects. The passions of men have made it malignant, as a bad heart of Procreates turned the bed, the symbol of repose, into an instrument of torture.»
Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
(Poet)
| Keywords:
benignant, defects, instrument of torture, originally, pointing, pointing out, procreate, Procreates, procreating, repose, The Passions, turning point
«Of all the things I have done, the most vital is coordinating the talents of those who work for us and pointing them towards a certain goal.»
Author: Walt Disney
(Producer)
| About:
Leadership,
Talent
| Keywords:
coordinate, coordinated, coordinates, coordinating, pointing, talents, vital
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