Frank.A
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When Insults Had Class These glorious insults are
from an era before the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words.
The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor:
She said, "If you were my husband I'd poison your
tea."
He said, "If you were my wife, I'd drink it."
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
"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 Marx
from an era before the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words.
The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor:
She said, "If you were my husband I'd poison your
tea."
He said, "If you were my wife, I'd drink it."
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
"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 Marx
