Subject: Insults (Page 19)

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

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor

You're just wasting your breath and that's no great loss either!

(1904 – 1979) Jewish-American humorist, author & screenwriter

Wagner, thank the fates, is no hypocrite; he says out what he means, and he usually means something nasty.

(1860 – 1921) music writer & critic

He would sooner keep hot coals in his mouth than a witticism.

(1810 – 1892) Scottish minister

Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater.

(1908 – 1989) American actress of film, television & theater

Why don't you bore a hole in yourself and let the sap run out?

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

He's so snobbish he has an unlisted zip-code.

(1907 – 1987) journalist & columnist

A cross between an aardvark and an albino rat.

(1925 – ) American author and literary, theater & film critic

There goes the famous good time that was had by all.

(1908 – 1989) American actress of film, television & theater

A sophisticated rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity.

(1804 – 1881) British prime minister, politician & author

Don't be so humble – you are not that great.

(1898 – 1978) Israeli prime minister

You really have to get to know him to dislike him.

(1908 – 1989) U.S. Representative

Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages.

(1909 – 1998) U.S. senator (Arizona)

I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.

(1857 – 1938) American lawyer

She has more talent to the square head than anybody I know.

(1908–1960) British film actress

Her hat is a creation that will never go out of style; it will look ridiculous year after year.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

It must have been tough on your mother, not having any children.

(1911 – 1995) American actress, dancer & singer

Why are we honoring this man? … have we run out of human beings?

(1908 – 2002) comedian, radio & television actor

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

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

I would not want Jimmy Carter and his men in charge of snake control in Ireland.

(1916 – 2005) American politician & poet

He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up.

(1944 – ) prime minister of Australia