Subject: Insults (Page 41)

He must have had a magnificent build before his stomach went in for a career of its own.

(1910 – 1997) American writer

Her hair lounges on her shoulders like an anesthetized cocker spaniel.

American journalist & critic

It sounds like attention-seeking behavior to me.

(1958 – ) Welsh actor, writer & comedian

Don Rickles is the funniest man in show business… but don't go by me; I'm drunk.

(1917 – 1995) singer, actor & comedian

I think Mick Jagger would be astounded and amazed if he realized to how many people he is not a sex symbol but a mother image.

(1947 – ) English musician, actor, record producer & arranger

Sharp as a sack full of wet mice.

cartoon character (Mel Blanc)

The trouble with Hooker is that he's got his headquarters where his hindquarters ought to be.

(1809 – 1865) 16th U.S. president

Bo Derek turned down the role of Helen Keller because she couldn't remember the lines.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

Henry James would have been vastly improved as a novelist by a few whiffs of the Chicago stockyard.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

I can't believe that out of 100,000 sperm, you were the quickest.

American comedian

He appears to have been called 'The Little Giant' more because he was little than because he was a giant.

(1903 – 1989) American writer

People say satire is dead; it's not dead; it's alive and living in the White House.

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor

That baby is ugly…I’ve never seen a 6-month-old so desperately in need of waxing.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

A glorified bandmaster.

(1879 – 1961) English conductor

He [Bernard Shaw] hasn’t an enemy in the world, and none of his friends like him.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

He sounds like he's got a brick dangling from his willy, and a food-mixer making purée of his tonsils.

British music journalist, author & broadcaster

Definition of irony: Sharon Osborne judging talent

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Calvin Coolidge didn’t say much, and when he did, he didn’t say much.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

"Kim Kardashian is saddled with a huge arse… but enough about Kanye West."

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Where does she find them?

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist