Russell Lynes
Russell Lynes
Russell Lyneswas an American art historian, photographer, author and managing editor of Harper's Magazine...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCritic
Date of Birth2 December 1910
CountryUnited States of America
Russell Lynes quotes about
wise silence insult
The most effective comeback to an insult is silence.
wise way helping
Sure, I'd love to help you out...now, which way did you come in?
attitude school forever
There are times when you just get down, you feel like nobody likes you. We're in high school forever. It's just what we do with it.
brother moving feet
There is a distinction to be drawn between true collectors and accumulators. Collectors are discriminating; accumulators act at random. The Collyer brothers, who died among the tons of newspapers and trash with which they filled every cubic foot of their house so that they could scarcely move, were a classic example of accumulators, but there are many of us whose houses are filled with all manner of things that we "can't bear to throw away.
negative wasting-time idleness
Wasting time is negative, but there is something positive about idleness.
wise tests negative
If you took an IQ test, the results would be negative.
wise people pay
Sure, I've seen people like you before - but I had to pay an admission.
wise faces looks
And I thought I had problems? Look at your face!
drinking excellent novel
Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it.
laughing comeback insult
If you can't ignore an insult, top it; if you can't top it, laugh it off; and if you can't laugh it off, it's probably deserved.
ragtime century 20th-century
Ragtime was a fanfare for the 20th century.
wise stupid people
Calling you an idiot would be an insult to all the stupid people.
sarcastic wise insults-you
I don't know what makes you so dumb but it really works.
wise being-yourself insults-you
Anybody who told you to be yourself simply couldn't have given you worse advice...