- (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 had delusions of adequacy.” - Walter Kerr
- “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
- “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
- “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
- “It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.” - Abraham Lincoln
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