#impudence

I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence as any of them, and that's the next thing to money. ↗

— Josh Billings

#folks #got #haven #i #impudence

Impudence is the worst of all human diseases. ↗

— Euripides

#human #impudence #worst

I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

#greatest #i #impossible #impudence #impudent

It may be a species of impudence to think that the way you understand God is the way God is. (60). ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#god #hubris #impudence #understanding #art

I don't do what I'm told, but I might do what you want if you ask me nicely. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#imogen-herondale #impudence #jace-wayland #obedience #rebelliousness

the old maxim... "there are three things necessary to success in life--Impudence! Impudence! Impudence! ↗

— William Hazlitt

#life #success #life

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence. ↗

— John Dryden

#impudence #knaves #men

A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day. ↗

— Bill Watterson

#battle

Are you always a smartass?' Nope. Sometimes I'm asleep. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#impudence #sarcasm #smartass #humor

I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness. ↗

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

#am #ask #boldly #boldness #faith