“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
Winston Churchill
I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.”
Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow
“He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.”
William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
“Does he really think big emotions come from big words?”
Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)
Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)
“Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I’ll waste no time reading it.”
Moses Hadas
Moses Hadas
“He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know.”
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
“I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn’t it.”
Groucho Marx
Groucho Marx
“I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
“He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.”
Oscar Wilde
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
George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
“Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second… If there is one.”
Winston Churchill, in response to Bernard Shaw
Winston Churchill, in response to Bernard Shaw
“He is a self-made man and worships his creator.”
John Bright
John Bright
“I’ve just learned about his illness. Let’s hope it’s nothing trivial.”
Irvin S. Cobb
Irvin S. Cobb
“He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others.”
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson
“He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up.”
Paul Keating
Paul Keating
“He had delusions of adequacy.”
Walter Kerr
Walter Kerr
“There’s nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won’t cure.”
Jack E. Leonard
Jack E. Leonard
“He has the attention span of a lightning bolt.”
Robert Redford
Robert Redford
“They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.”
Thomas Brackett Reed
Thomas Brackett Reed
“He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them.”
James Reston (about Richard Nixon)
James Reston (about Richard Nixon)
“In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily.”
Charles, Count Talleyrand
Charles, Count Talleyrand
“He loves nature in spite of what it did to him.”
Forrest Tucker
Forrest Tucker
“Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?”
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
“His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.”
Mae West
Mae West
“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.”
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
“He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts for support rather than
illumination.”
Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
illumination.”
Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
“He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.”
Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder
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