Particularly literate people have a way of delivering rebukes and insults. In fact, they do it a lot better than you do.
"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 is a self-made man and worships his creator." --John Bright
"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've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." --Irvin S. Cobb
"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)
"He had delusions of adequacy." --Walter Kerr
"He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know." --Abraham Lincoln
"You've got the brain of a four-year-old boy, and I bet he was glad to get rid of it." --Groucho Marx
"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
"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him." --Forrest Tucker
"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
2006-08-28 17:47:10 · 6 answers · asked by Woody 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
These are great. They made me think of a sign hanging by the door where I work.
All of our members bring joy to our club...Some when they enter, and some when they leave.
2006-08-28 17:54:10 · answer #1 · answered by momoftwo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wonderful...
Which reminds me of the fencing matches between Mr. Churchill, and one of his opponents, Lady Astor. Upon hearing her say,
"Sir, if I were your wife, I would poison your tea."
Winston, without a second's delay, replied,
"Madam, If I were your husband, I would drink it!"
2006-08-29 01:57:58 · answer #2 · answered by blktiger@pacbell.net 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grade - B+. Needs more Twain & Wilde.
2006-08-29 01:02:47 · answer #3 · answered by dryheatdave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reminds me of one by Mark Twain.
Keep your mouth shut and let people think your ignorant instead of opening it and proving that you are.
2006-08-29 01:06:48 · answer #4 · answered by mom_2scotty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL. All good.
2006-08-30 17:30:34 · answer #5 · answered by jfmm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good stuff
2006-08-29 01:42:23 · answer #6 · answered by smed 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋