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06-22-2020 05:06 PM
A member of Parliament to Disraeli:
"Sir, you will either die on the gallows 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
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.”
-William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
"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 am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend, if you have one.”
-George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second...if there is one.”
-Winston Churchill, in response
"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here.”
-Stephen Bishop
"He is a self-made man and worships his creator.”
-John Bright
"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
"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 I'm afraid this wasn't it.”
-Groucho Marx
06-22-2020 05:13 PM
Your post is exactly what I needed on this Monday! Thank you! And it's so true, the mentioned insults are a brilliant art!
06-22-2020 05:14 PM
Wow, several of those - anyway...
Fun stuff.
Thanks
06-22-2020 05:14 PM
Some of these are so great, funny, true and everything in between~
06-22-2020 05:22 PM
Great zingers !
06-22-2020 05:24 PM
06-22-2020 05:30 PM - edited 06-22-2020 05:33 PM
"Americans will always try to do the right thing - - - - after they've tried everything else".
- Winston Churchill
(When asked, "What do you think of Western Civilization?")
"I think it would be a good idea."
- Mahatma Gandhi
"Poor Faulkner, He thinks big emotions come from big words".
- Ernest Hemingway
"He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you -
he really is an idiot"
- Groucho Marx
06-22-2020 05:33 PM
Thanks for the laughs!
06-22-2020 05:51 PM
Boy, did I need these today. Many thanks.
06-22-2020 06:18 PM
OMGosh, those were great! Loved them.
Thanks for sharing them, Suzy.
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