Today, I came across this list of insults thanks to stumble-upon(http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1hPaX2/mistupid.com/people/page086.htm) many of which I found amusing or clever. Below are the some of my favorites from the list:
“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 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“I feel so miserable without you; it’s almost like having you here.”
Stephen Bishop“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“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“Winston, if you were my husband, I would poison your coffee!”
Lady Astor to Winston Churchill at a dinner party“Madam, if I were your husband, I would drink it!”
Winston Churchill’s response to Lady Astor"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it."
Moses Hadas"There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure."
Jack E. Leonard
"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"He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any one I know."
Abraham Lincoln"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts — for support rather than illumination."
Andrew Lang“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.”
Oscar Wilde"That depends, my lord, whether I embrace your mistress or your principles."
John Wilkes's response to The Earl of Sandwich"A modest little person, with much to be modest about."
Winston Churchill
So begon with thee, and perhaps find an opportune moment to cast out one of these snazzy insults.
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