Quote by Josh Billings

Every man has his follies -- and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.

Every man has his follies -- and often they are the most int

Summary

This quote suggests that every individual possesses their own idiosyncrasies or silly behaviors, which can be seen as their most captivating or fascinating aspect. It implies that these peculiarities define a person's uniqueness and can often be more intriguing than their other qualities. This quote encourages acceptance and appreciation of every individual's eccentricities as they contribute to their overall charm and make them distinct.

By Josh Billings

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

To advise is not to compel.

To advise is not to compel.

Advice

I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our co

I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system -- that is no ideal to me, it is a living, working reality. Gentlemen, a court is no better than each man of you sitting before me on this jury. A court is only as sound as its jury, and a jury is only as sound as the men who make it up.

Justice

There is little place in the political scheme of things for

There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price.

Shirley Chisholm

Politics

Don't think so much about who is for or against you, rather

Don't think so much about who is for or against you, rather give all your care, that God be with you in everything you do.

God

A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions-

A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions--as attempts to find out something. Success and failure are for him answers above all.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Success Truth Science Failure Intelligence Scientific Process

I could be on 52nd and Third in Manhattan up and ask a stran

I could be on 52nd and Third in Manhattan up and ask a strange for directions and they will help you, that's a rural heart. Your car breaks down in the middle of Iowa or somewhere, or Tennessee where I'm from, people want to help each other. Given each opportunity, you see how people come together.

Car

I wish I could write a beautiful book to break those hearts

I wish I could write a beautiful book to break those hearts that are soon to cease to exist: a book of faith and small neat worlds and of people who live by the philosophies of popular songs.

Reading

This is not about abortion or the antics. This is about pro

This is not about abortion or the antics. This is about pro choice versus anti-choice and government intervention in a woman's personal decisions about her life.

Kathleen Turner

Life Government Choice

On behalf of NARAL Pro-Choice America - and our one million

On behalf of NARAL Pro-Choice America - and our one million member activists - I am honored to be here to talk to you about what's at stake for women in 2012. I am proud to say that the Democratic Party believes that women have the right to choose a safe, legal abortion with dignity and privacy.

Legal

Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven't g

Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven't got the remotest knowledge of how to live, nor the smallest instinct about when to die.

Family

I'm not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the

I'm not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked, the teeth aren't straight, the voice sounds like a Mafioso pallbearer, but somehow it all works.

Sylvester Stallone

Acting Actors

The only thing of weight that can be said against modern hon

The only thing of weight that can be said against modern honor is that it is directly opposite to religion. The one bids you bear injuries with patience, the other tells you if you don't resent them, you are not fit to live.

Bernard Mandeville

Honor