Fwd: When Insults Had Class

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 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; 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 is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." - Paul Keating
(MY favorite, MJ)

"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily." -
Charles, Count Talleyrand


"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)


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