When Insults Had Class (maybe we should post this in GDP)

[The Straight Story]

When Insults Had Class

“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)

"Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?"

—Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)

“I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn’t it.”

–Groucho Marx

“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’s response to George Bernard Shaw

many more here:
http://www.allowe.com/Humor/book/When%20Insults%20Had%20Class.htm

[Elidor]

1. "In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily."

:rofl:

But you can't top Winston for insults. He, along with Tallulah Bankhead, was a master.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

2. Oscar Levant to George Gershwin:

"George, when did you realize you were in love....with yourself?"

:rofl: