A member of Parliament to Disraeli: “Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.\u201d\u00a0“That depends, Sir, ” said Disraeli, “whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.”<\/p>\n
“He had delusions of adequacy .” -Walter Kerr<\/p>\n
“He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.” – Winston Churchill<\/p>\n
“I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.” -Clarence Darrow<\/p>\n
“He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.” -William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)<\/p>\n
“Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I’ll waste no time reading it.” -Moses Hadas<\/p>\n
“I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.” -Mark Twain<\/p>\n
“He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.” -Oscar Wilde<\/p>\n
“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\u00a0“Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second… if there is one.” -Winston Churchill, in response<\/p>\n
“I feel so miserable without you; it’s almost like having you here.” -Stephen Bishop<\/p>\n
“He is a self-made man and worships his creator.” -John Bright<\/p>\n
“I’ve just learned about his illness. Let’s hope it’s nothing trivial.” -Irvin S. Cobb<\/p>\n
“He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others.” -Samuel Johnson<\/p>\n
“He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up.” – Paul Keating<\/p>\n
“In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily.” -Charles, Count Talleyrand<\/p>\n
“He loves nature in spite of what it did to him.” Forrest Tucker<\/p>\n
“Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?” -Mark Twain<\/p>\n
“His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.” -Mae West<\/p>\n
“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.” -Oscar Wilde<\/p>\n
“He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts… for support rather than illumination.” -Andrew Lang (1844-1912)<\/p>\n
“He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.” -Billy Wilder<\/p>\n
“I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But I’m afraid this wasn’t it.” -Groucho Marx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A member of Parliament to Disraeli: “Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.\u201d\u00a0“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.” – … Continue reading These glorious insults are from an era \u201cbefore\u201d the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words…<\/span>