iank
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Classy insults
"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
"He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I
know." - Abraham Lincoln
"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
"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
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." - Groucho
Marx
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
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bebot
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| posted on 3/3/07 at 06:36 PM |
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What about,
You Joey.....Any Kid at school in the 80's
Now i'm showing my age.
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scottc
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| posted on 3/3/07 at 07:12 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bebot
You Joey.....
Not really in the same league as
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved
of it." - Mark Twain
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iank
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| posted on 3/3/07 at 07:12 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bebot
What about,
You Joey.....Any Kid at school in the 80's
Now i'm showing my age.
Classy indeed 
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
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Chippy
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| posted on 3/3/07 at 11:36 PM |
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My favourite Winston one was when told by a lady he was drunk replied "Madam you are ugly, but I shall be sober in the morning" priceless.
Ray
To make a car go faster, just add lightness. Colin Chapman - OR - fit a bigger engine. Chippy
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Simon
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| posted on 4/3/07 at 12:06 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scottc
Not really in the same league as
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved
of it." - Mark Twain
One of my old MD's died a few years ago, and one of the blokes in another department asked one of the guys from my dept why he didn't go
to the funeral. His response:
"I'd have thrown another log on the fire!"
ATB
Simon
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