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A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults."
-Louis Nizer
"I feel so miserable without you, it's almost like having you here."
-Stephen Bishop
"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
"His ears made him look like a taxicab with both doors open."
-Howard Hughes (about Clark Gable)
"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 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
"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
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?"
-Mark Twain
"A solemn, unsmiling, sanctimonious old iceberg who looked like he was waiting for a vacancy in the Trinity."
-Mark Twain
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."
-Mark Twain
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork."
-Mae West
"She is a peacock in everything but beauty."
-Oscar Wilde
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."
-Oscar Wilde
"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."
-Oscar Wilde
"He has Van Gogh's ear for music."
-Billy Wilder
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination."
-Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
-Louis Nizer
"I feel so miserable without you, it's almost like having you here."
-Stephen Bishop
"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
"His ears made him look like a taxicab with both doors open."
-Howard Hughes (about Clark Gable)
"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 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
"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
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?"
-Mark Twain
"A solemn, unsmiling, sanctimonious old iceberg who looked like he was waiting for a vacancy in the Trinity."
-Mark Twain
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."
-Mark Twain
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork."
-Mae West
"She is a peacock in everything but beauty."
-Oscar Wilde
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."
-Oscar Wilde
"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."
-Oscar Wilde
"He has Van Gogh's ear for music."
-Billy Wilder
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination."
-Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
