Subject: Insults (Page 19)

A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

An empty cab drove up and Sarah Bernhardt got out.

(1886 – 1969) American journalist & humorist

Yeah, she's beautiful, but you can't find her IQ with a flashlight.

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator

He had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

A pig in a silk suit who sends flowers.

(1907 – 2003) American actress of film, stage & television

What he lacks in intelligence, he makes up for in stupidity.

This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever.

(1856 – 1939) Austrian neurologist, father of psychoanalysis

She's the sort of woman who lives for others… you can tell the others by their hunted expression.

(1898 – 1963) Irish-born British novelist, literary critic & essayist

He is so stupid you can't trust him with an idea.

(1902 – 1968) novelist

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

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor

He's a disappointed narcissist.

(1949 – ) English actor, writer & theater director

He’s done everybody’s act; he’s a parrot with skin on.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

A monstrous orchid.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

In her single person she managed to produce the effect of a majority.

(1873 – 1945) a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist

Every word she writes is a lie, including "and" and "the."

(1912 – 1989) author, critic & political activist

Maybe it's the hair, maybe it's the teeth, maybe it's the intellect…. no, it's the hair.

(1944 – ) American television critic

When I see a man of shallow understanding extravagantly clothed, I feel sorry – for the clothes.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

He is a self-made man and worships his creator.

(1811 – 1889) British statesman

I see her as one great stampede of lips directed at the nearest derriere.

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

Like rotten mackerel by moonlight, he shines and stinks.

(1773 – 1833) British politician