#midweekrumination #words worth #howzaat #crossposting WHEN INSULTS HAD CLASS These glorious insults are from an era when 4-letter words werent necessary.. A member of Parliament to Disraeli: Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease. 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. - 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). Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; Ill waste no time reading it. - Moses Hadas. (Moses Hadas was an American teacher, one of the leading classical scholars of the twentieth century, and a translator of numerous works) I didnt 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; its almost like having you here. -Stephen Bishop. He is a self-made man and worships his creator. - John Bright. Ive just learned about his illness. Lets hope its 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 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.
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 00:53:26 +0000
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