These glorious insults are from an
era before the English language became boiled down to 4-letter words. |
A member of Parliament to Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on the gallows
or of some unspeakable disease."
or of some unspeakable disease."
"That depends, Sir," said Disraeli, "whether I embrace your policies
or your mistress."
"He had delusions of adequacy."
- Walter Kerr
"He has all the virtues I dislike and
none of the vices I admire."
- Winston Churchill
I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." Clarence Darrow.
or your mistress."
"He had delusions of adequacy."
- Walter Kerr
"He has all the virtues I dislike and
none of the vices I admire."
- Winston Churchill
I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." Clarence Darrow.
"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it." - Moses Hadas.
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent
a nice letter saying I approved of it."
-Mark Twain.
"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.." - Oscar Wilde.
"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here."
-Stephen Bishop.
"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." -Irvin S. Cobb.
"He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others."
-Samuel Johnson.
"He is simply a shiver looking for a
spine to run up." - Paul Keating.
"In order to avoid being called a flirt,
she always yielded easily."
- Charles, Count Talleyrand.
"He loves nature in spite of what it did
to him." - Forrest Tucker.
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?"
- Mark Twain.
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.." - Mae West.
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."
- Oscar Wilde.
"He uses statistics as a drunken man
uses lamp-posts... for support rather
than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912).
"He has Van Gogh's ear for music."
- Billy Wilder.
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." – Groucho
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