Vainer Quotes & Sayings

We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits. — Rex Stout

An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward. — Herman Melville

I have always thought that humanity was animal-like. The Confucian theory was man could be improved, but I'm not sure he can be. He can be trained; he can be disciplined. — Lee Kuan Yew

For every young person I meet, I learn an idea. — Ronan Farrow

Still women- women. They do themselves more credit, there's more reality in women. They live closer to their nature. They have to. It's more with them. They have the breasts. They see their blood, and it does them good, while men are led to be vainer. — Saul Bellow

Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most. — Joseph Wood Krutch

There was no division I could see between the essential teaching of all Prophets and wise men of religion. — Cat Stevens

But 'tis done - all words are idle
Words from me are vainer still;
But the thoughts we cannot bridle 55
Force their way without the will.
Fare thee well! thus disunited,
Torn from every nearer tie,
Sear'd in heart, and lone, and blighted,
More than this I scarce can die. — George Gordon Byron

Men are found to be vainer on account of those qualities which they fondly believe they have than of those which they really have. — Vincent Voiture

Ric Flair, you can tell all these people that I'm full of it for calling myself the Legend Killer? Well, I think you're full of it for coming out here every Monday and telling the whole world that Triple H is the best wrestler in the world today. I know it's not true, I'm pretty sure all these people know it's not true and Ric Flair, I know that deep down inside your heart, you know it's not true either which is why it's so tragic to see what you've become. This generation is gonna remember Ric Flair for kissing Triple H's ass! — Randy Orton

The door. Far down the street he could — Louis L'Amour

I am a serious artist in my own right, in the sense that I've spent my entire life being an artist and trying to be an artist and making work. — David Shrigley

In a hot greenish body of water
slowly slides
A gesture a sigh a moan
will provoke his wild teeth
("Silver Clasp") — Paul Dermee

America's veterans and troops serving abroad today fought hard to preserve our red, white and blue, from the Revolutionary War to today's Global War Against Terrorism, and Congress' action today is appropriate for one of our most sacred symbols. — Bill Shuster

I don't know whether the universe contains any evidence of intelligent design, but I can assure you that thousands of everyday products do not. — Gary Hamel

Some time ago I discovered that I could no longer speak aloud or read aloud from a stage, even for the sake of hearing the effect that my writer's voice produced on listeners. Now, curiously, the more I merely try to live, the more reclusive I become, the vainer I am. At last I am as vain as the one who instantly voices his silence inside me. — John Hawkes

The 100% American is 99% idiot. — George Bernard Shaw

As a person I'm perfectly vain, I'm just vainer as an actor about my ability. My acting vanity trumps my human vanity. — Rufus Sewell

I tried to be as positive as possible, because I have the same birthday as Michael Jackson. He is my cosmic brother. I love him. — Meshell Ndegeocello