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 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)
'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.'
-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
'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 has Van Gogh's ear for music.'
- Billy Wilder
'I've had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it.'
- Groucho Marx
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.'
