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Quotes about Insult

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Abraham Lincoln
(1809 - 1865)
He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.
Alexander WoollcottHe became mellow before he became ripe.
Ashleigh BrilliantSometimes I need what only you can provide - Your absence.
David Letterman
(1947 - )
Sometimes when you look in his eyes you get the feeling that someone else is driving.
Dr. Samuel Johnson
(1707 - 1784)
Johnson:'...She is like the Amazons of old; she must be courted by the sword. But I have not been severe to her.' Boswell: 'Yes, Sir, you have made her ridiculous.' Johnson: 'That was already done, Sir. To endeavour to make her ridiculous, is like blacking the chimney.'
Dr. Samuel Johnson
(1707 - 1784)
He attacked Gray, calling him' a dull fellow.' Boswell: I understand he was reserved, and might appear dull in company; but surely he was not dull in poetry.' Johnson: 'Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull everywhere. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him GREAT. He was a mechanical poet.'
Dr. Samuel Johnson
(1707 - 1784)
Mrs. Montague, a lady distinguished for having written an Essay on Shakspeare, being mentioned; Reynolds: "I think that essay does her honour." Johnson: "Yes, Sir, it does her honour, but it would do nobody else honour. I have indeed, not read it all. But when I take up the end of a web, and find it packthread, I do not expect, by looking further, to find embroidery."
Dr. Samuel Johnson
(1707 - 1784)
A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse, and make him wince; but one is still but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
G. K. Chesterton
(1874 - 1936)
Mr Shaw is (I suspect) the only man on earth who has never written any poetry.
George Jean NathanHe writes his plays for the ages -- the ages between five and twelve
Groucho Marx
(1890 - 1977)
I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.
H. L. Mencken
(1880 - 1956)
It is his life work to announce the obvious in terms of the scandalous.
Howard DietzA day away from Tallulah is like a month in the country.
James ThurberA man should not insult his wife publicly at parties. He should insult her in the privacy of the home.
Johannes Brahms
(1833 - 1897)
If there is anyone here whom I have not insulted, I beg his pardon.
Johnny Carson
(1925 - )
Nancy Reagan fell down and broke her hair.
Oscar Levant
(1906 - 1972)
I never watch the Dinah Shore show -- I'm a diabetic.
Oscar Levant
(1906 - 1972)
I'm going to memorize your name and throw my head away.
- (to an obnoxious acquaintance.)
Oscar Wilde
(1854 - 1900)
Bernard Shaw has no enemies but is intensely disliked by his freinds.
Oscar Wilde
(1854 - 1900)
One must have a heart of stone to read the death of Little Nell by Dickens without laughing.
Oscar Wilde
(1854 - 1900)
Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.
Quentin CrispHe festooned the dung heap on which he had placed himself with sonnets as people grow honeysuckle around outdoor privies.
Truman Capote
(1924 - 1984)
He had one of the more wicked minds ever going.
W. S. GilbertNo one can have a higher opinion of him than I have, and I think he's a dirty little beast.
William Shakespeare
(1564 - 1616)
I dote on his very absence.
Winston Churchill
(1874 - 1965)
Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. But then he has much to be modest about
Winston Churchill
(1874 - 1965)
He is a sheep in sheep's clothing
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