> The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor: She said,
> "If you were my husband I'd give you poison," and he said, "If you
> were my wife, I'd drink it."
> A member of Parliament to Disraeli: "Sir, you will
> either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease."
> "That depends, Sir," said Disraeli, "on 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
>
> "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
> "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
--
The Drifter
"Life is a journey...Enjoy the ride!!"
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Subject: When Insults Had Class - Posted on 2007-07-30 10:46:26
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Lady astor to churchill : Winston your drunk!
churchill : Madam your ugly but tommorow I'll be sober!
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revenge is a dish best served...............with croutons
Subject: When Insults Had Class - Posted on 2007-07-30 13:35:00
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ROFLMFAO !!!
hehehe ... oooooo i havent seen this little list for a while!
Subject: When Insults Had Class - Posted on 2007-07-30 05:58:37
Subject: When Insults Had Class - Posted on 2007-07-30 13:35:00
