Insults Before 4 Letter Words

Insults before 4 letter words…

The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor:
She said, "If you were my husband, I’d give you poisoned tea."
He answered, "If you were my wife, I’d drink it."

A member of Parliament to Prime Minister 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."
– Comedian Kip Adota

"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