These glorious insults are from an era when cleverness with words was
still
valued, before a great portion of the English language got boiled down
to
4-letter words!
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When Insults Had Class
The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor: She said, "If you were
my husband I'd give you poison," and 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, "on whether I embrace your
policies or
your mistress."
"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 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
"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 has the attention span of a lightning bolt." - Robert Redford
"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)
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Thoroughly enjoyed it! Thank you.
Very nice!
I liked the one b/w Churchil and Shaw....
to add-
'Some people have problem and some people are problem'....
cheers!
kisi
My favorite one is a quote by a desi guy (Dinesh Dsouza or something like that) at a debate. After patiently listening to his opponent, he starts his rebuttal with
"I feel like a mosquito at a nudist beach"
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