SOME FAMOUS INSULTS
THAT HAD CLASS
G'day folks,
All of us have been insulted at some stage, but here are some classy insults made by famous people.
A Member of
Parliament to Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on the gallows, or of
some unspeakable disease."
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"That
depends, Sir," said Disraeli, "whether I embrace your policies, or
your mistress."
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"He
had delusions of adequacy." - Walter Kerr
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"He
has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." - Winston
Churchill
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"I
have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great
pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
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"He
has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the
dictionary." - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).
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"Thank
you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it." -
Moses Hadas
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"I
didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of
it." - Mark Twain
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"He
has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends." - Oscar Wilde
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"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.
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"I
feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here." -
Stephen Bishop
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"He is
a self-made man and worships his creator." - John Bright
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"I've
just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." - Irvin
S. Cobb
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"He is
not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others." - Samuel
Johnson
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"He is
simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." - Paul Keating
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"In
order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily." -
Charles, Count Talleyrand
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"He
loves nature in spite of what it did to him." - Forrest Tucker
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"Why
do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?" -
Mark Twain
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"His
mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." - Mae West
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"Some
cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." - Oscar Wilde
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"He
uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than
illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
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"He
has Van Gogh's ear for music." - Billy Wilder
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"I've
had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." - Groucho Marx
Clancy's comment: Mm ... some of these folks were brilliant at sarcastic comments.
I'm ...
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