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Russell Lynes quotes: A lady is a woman who makes a man behave like a gentleman.

A lady is a woman who makes a man behave like a gentleman.

Russell Lynes quotes: The most effective comeback to an insult is silence.

The most effective comeback to an insult is silence.

Russell Lynes quotes: Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.

Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.

Russell Lynes quotes: Clutter is what happens to things when they become useless but friendly.

Clutter is what happens to things when they become useless but friendly.

Russell Lynes quotes: For all its flexibility, television is more a mirror of taste than a shaper of it.

For all its flexibility, television is more a mirror of taste than a shaper of it.

Russell Lynes quotes: Shouldn't you have a license for being that ugly?

Shouldn't you have a license for being that ugly?

Russell Lynes quotes: If you took an IQ test, the results would be negative.

If you took an IQ test, the results would be negative.

Russell Lynes quotes: Ragtime was a fanfare for the 20th century.

Ragtime was a fanfare for the 20th century.

Russell Lynes quotes: The shaping of taste is essentially the science of merchandising, whether of detergents or cars or books or objects of fine and decorative art.

The shaping of taste is essentially the science of merchandising, whether of detergents or cars or books or objects of fine and decorative art.

Russell Lynes quotes: Calling you an idiot would be an insult to all the stupid people.

Calling you an idiot would be an insult to all the stupid people.

Russell Lynes quotes: Are you always this stupid or are you making a special effort today?

Are you always this stupid or are you making a special effort today?

Russell Lynes quotes: Don't let you mind wander - it's far too small to be let out on its own.

Don't let you mind wander - it's far too small to be let out on its own.

Russell Lynes quotes: I'm sorry, I'm a little busy. Can i ignore you later?

I'm sorry, I'm a little busy. Can i ignore you later?

Russell Lynes quotes: The bungalow had more to do with how Americans live today than any other building that has gone remotely by the name of architecture in our history.

The bungalow had more to do with how Americans live today than any other building that has gone remotely by the name of architecture in our history.

Russell Lynes quotes: 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.

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.

Russell Lynes quotes: No author dislikes to be edited as much as he dislikes not to be published.

No author dislikes to be edited as much as he dislikes not to be published.

Russell Lynes quotes: Anybody who told you to be yourself simply couldn't have given you worse advice ...

Anybody who told you to be yourself simply couldn't have given you worse advice ...

Russell Lynes quotes: And I thought I had problems? Look at your face!

And I thought I had problems? Look at your face!

Russell Lynes quotes: Sure, I've seen people like you before - but I had to pay an admission.

Sure, I've seen people like you before - but I had to pay an admission.

Russell Lynes quotes: A truly appreciative child will break, lose, spoil, or fondle to death any really successful gift within a matter of minutes.

A truly appreciative child will break, lose, spoil, or fondle to death any really successful gift within a matter of minutes.

Russell Lynes quotes: I don't know what makes you so dumb but it really works.

I don't know what makes you so dumb but it really works.

Russell Lynes quotes: I'd agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong.

I'd agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong.

Russell Lynes quotes: Camouflage is a game we all like to play, but our secrets are as surely revealed by what we want to seem to be as by what we want to

Camouflage is a game we all like to play, but our secrets are as surely revealed by what we want to seem to be as by what we want to conceal.

Russell Lynes quotes: In my estimation, the only thing that is more to be guarded against than bad taste is good taste.

In my estimation, the only thing that is more to be guarded against than bad taste is good taste.

Russell Lynes quotes: Hi there, I'm a human being! What are you?

Hi there, I'm a human being! What are you?

Russell Lynes quotes: Friends never make assumptions about you. They never expect a reason to go out with you. In fact friends only expect you to be you.

Friends never make assumptions about you. They never expect a reason to go out with you. In fact friends only expect you to be you.

Russell Lynes quotes: Your village just called. They're missing an idiot.

Your village just called. They're missing an idiot.

Russell Lynes quotes: When it gets dark enough you can see the stars.

When it gets dark enough you can see the stars.

Russell Lynes quotes: The Art Snob will stand back from a picture at some distance, his head cocked slightly to one side

The Art Snob will stand back from a picture at some distance, his head cocked slightly to one side

Russell Lynes quotes: Brains aren't everything. In fact in your case they're nothing.

Brains aren't everything. In fact in your case they're nothing.

Russell Lynes quotes: Tennis is an addiction that once it has truly hooked a man will not let him go.

Tennis is an addiction that once it has truly hooked a man will not let him go.

Russell Lynes quotes: 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.

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.

Russell Lynes quotes: Every journalist has a novel inside him, which is an excellent place for it.

Every journalist has a novel inside him, which is an excellent place for it.

Russell Lynes quotes: The true snob never rests; there is always a higher goal to attain, and there are, by the same token, always more and more people to look down upon.

The true snob never rests; there is always a higher goal to attain, and there are, by the same token, always more and more people to look down upon.

Russell Lynes quotes: I'd love to ask how old you are, but unfortunately I know you can't count that high.

I'd love to ask how old you are, but unfortunately I know you can't count that high.

Russell Lynes quotes: Sure, I'd love to help you out ... now, which way did you come in?

Sure, I'd love to help you out ... now, which way did you come in?

Russell Lynes quotes: It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity.

It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity.

Russell Lynes quotes: Wasting time is negative, but there is something positive about idleness.

Wasting time is negative, but there is something positive about idleness.