DeanCollins Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 "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 (about Clement Attlee) "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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskins2redskins Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 LOL.that's funny stuff.:laugh: I might have to borrow some of those to use later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 i always prefer a witty insult over a "you're mom prefers a witty insult." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkart Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 Hey REF! your pants should have stripes too, that call was criminal!! Hank Stram :laugh: :laugh: I just LOVE that quote!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Churchill was good at this: Off the top of my head: He insulted some lady and she was all "Sir, if you were my husband I would poison your drink." and he was all "Ma'am, if you were my wife, I would drink it." :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoCommiesGo Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Chruchill had some great ones. 'You are drunk Sir Winston, you are disgustingly drunk." 'Yes, Mrs. Braddock, I am drunk. But you, Mrs. Braddock are ugly, and disgustingly fat. But, tomorrow morning, I, Winston Churchill will be sober.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twenty-eight Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 awesome, I can now edit my "smack talk" ^^ edit: Yup, I'm such a loser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rincewind Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 :laugh: - Those are great. Of course I did like portisizzle's one from yesterday about Mussina: I sleep better because he failed. Ouch. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tizzod Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." -- Groucho Marx :laugh: Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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