When insults had class!

**Bloody Mad Woman (BMW)** · 13th December 2006, 08:22

"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."-- Winston Churchill
"A modest little person, with much to be modest about."-- 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) .
"Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?"-- Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner) "Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it."-- Moses Hadas
"He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know."-- Abraham Lincoln
"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 "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
"He had delusions of adequacy."-- Walter Kerr
"There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure."-- Jack E. Leonard
"He has the attention span of a lightning bolt."-- Robert Redford
"They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge."-- Thomas Brackett Reed
"He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them."--James Reston (about Richard Nixon)
"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
Friendly they are until they are indebted to you ! don't let it happen, preserve friendship ! -- Moi

I liked this one: "He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up."-- Paul Keating. So many good ones tho!

**Maverick** · 13th December 2006, 08:48

Nice,
Still my fav

Woman: Winston you are drunk!
Winston Churchill: That might be, but you are ugly. At least in the morning I will be sober.

**placidfemme** · 13th December 2006, 09:17

Originally Posted by Bloody Mad Woman (BMW)

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

"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here."-- Stephen Bishop

lol I love those two

*changes my myspace greeting to the miserable one* lol

**Ghost Lemur** · 13th December 2006, 11:10

Love the exchange between Bernard Shaw and Churchill. Nothing beats British wit.

**Indiana_Jones** · 13th December 2006, 11:16

"Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink" - Lady Astor to Winston Churchill

"Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it" - Winston Churchill to Lady Astor

-Indy