The bigger the humbug, the better people will like it.
Either marriage is a destiny, I believe, or there is no sense in it at all, it's a piece of humbug.
Talking of patriotism, what humbug it is; it is a word which always commemorates a robbery.
If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.
there is such a mistaken notion abroad in this country that the individual who makes sharp remarks must be sincere, while the one who says pleasant things must be more or less a humbug.
Calm and silent and steady work, and no newspaper humbug, no name-making, you must always remember.
The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
I know that you're selfish, selfish beyond words, and I know that you haven't the nerve of a rabbit, I know you're a liar and a humbug, I know that you're utterly contemptible. And the tragic part is'--her face was on a sudden distraught with pain--'the tragic part is that notwithstanding I love you with all my heart.
Let us not foist this humbug on the world.
A politician is required to listen to humbug, talk humbug, condone humbug. The most we can hope for is that we don't actually believe it.
Back to Basics was absolute humbug, wasn't it?
I think everyone is throwing happy stuff at you, and that's when you come over all humbug. It's happy stuff in your face, happy stuff is being sold to you.
There is only one true thing: instantly paint what you see. When you've got it, you've got it. When you haven't, you begin again. All the rest is humbug.
We have seen the future, and the future is ours.
Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!
Things which are equally bad are also equally good. Try to look at the bright side of things. - Humbug
New Year's is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, and friendly calls and humbug resolutions.
The politician who once had to learn to flatter Kings has now to learn how to fascinate, amuse, coax, humbug, frighten, or otherwise strike the fancy of the electorate.
The more intelligent and cultured a man is, the more subtly he can humbug himself.
There is only one true thing: Instantly paint what you see.