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**debdodd** · 05-05-2008, 04:14 PM

When Insults Had Class

"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)

"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it."-- Groucho Marx

"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... followed by Churchill's response:

"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second, if there is one."-- Winston Churchill

"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 had delusions of adequacy."-- Walter Kerr

"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

Lady Astor once remarked to Winston Churchill at a Dinner Party, "Winston, if you were my husband, I would poison your coffee!"

Winston replied, "Madam, if I were your husband, I would drink it!"

05-05-2008, 04:14 PM	#44 (permalink)
debdodd Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Posts: 1,676	not pics but great quotes! When Insults Had Class "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) "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it."-- Groucho Marx "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... followed by Churchill's response: "Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second, if there is one."-- Winston Churchill "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 had delusions of adequacy."-- Walter Kerr "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 Lady Astor once remarked to Winston Churchill at a Dinner Party, "Winston, if you were my husband, I would poison your coffee!" Winston replied, "Madam, if I were your husband, I would drink it!" __________________ "Ubi dubium ibi libertas." "We are all lone souls. It pays to know humility, lest the delusion of control, of mastery, overwhelms. And indeed, we seem a species prone to that delusion, again and ever again ....."