Insults From The Days Of Great Thought
Published by Rick on Thursday, August 26, 2010.
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.
Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it.
I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.
I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here.
He is a self-made man and worships his creator.
I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial.
He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others.
He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up.
In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily.
He loves nature in spite of what it did to him.
Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?
His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.
He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... For support rather than illumination.
I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it.
There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure.
He has the attention span of a lightning bolt.
They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.
He has Van Gogh's ear for music.
He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know.
A modest little person, with much to be modest about.
If you were my husband I'd give you poison.
I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend.... If you have one.
Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.
He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.
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
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
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
I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it.
Groucho Marx
There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure.
Jack E. Leonard
He has the attention span of a lightning bolt.
Robert Redford
They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.
Thomas Brackett Reed
He has Van Gogh's ear for music.
Billy Wilder
He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know.
Abraham Lincoln
A modest little person, with much to be modest about.
Winston Churchill
- - - - - - - - - -If you were my husband I'd give you poison.
Lady Astor to Winston Churchill.
Madam. if you were my wife, I'd drink it.Churchill's response.
- - - - - - - - - -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.
- - - - - - - - - -Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.
A member of Parliament to Disraeli.
That depends, Sir, on whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.Disraeli's reply.
- - - - - - - - - -He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.
William Faulkner, about Ernest Hemingway.
Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?Ernest Hemingway returning the compliment
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