Subject: Insults (Page 20)

How could they tell?

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

Scorsese was our director; he had phone books under his ass so he could see the actors.

(1926 – 2017) American stand-up comedian & actor

There is one thing on earth more terrible than English music, and that is English painting.

(1797 – 1856) German critic & poet

The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it’s unfamiliar territory.

(1901 – 1983) American film & television actor

Devotees of awful filmmaking can't go wrong with this one.

movie critic

Oh, this your wife, huh? A lovely lady. Hey baby, you must’ve been something before electricity.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

The English never smash in a face; they merely refrain from asking it to dinner.

(1910 – 1997) American writer

Despite his infirmities, Strom Thurmond showed up to work every day and did not miss a Senate vote in his final year, though no one is sure if a shouted "Bingo!" counted as a yea or a nay.

(1962 – ) American political satirist, writer, television host & comedian

Always willing to lend a helping hand to the one above him.

(1896 – 1940) American author of novels & short stories

Pamela Anderson revealed all the taste and refinement of a hooker on holiday.

(1933 – ) English actress & author

Truman Capote had a voice so high it could only be detected by a bat.

(1911 – 1983) playwright

Judge: Mr. Smith, have you ever heard of a saying by Bacon – the great Bacon – that youth and discretion are ill-wed companions?

Smith: Indeed I have, your Honour; and has your Honour ever heard of a saying by Bacon – the great Bacon – that a much talking Judge is like an ill-tuned cymbal?

(1872 – 1930) British statesman, politician & lawyer

Of course we all know that Morris was a wonderful all-round man, but the act of walking round him has always tired me.

(1872 – 1956) English essayist, parodist & caricaturist

The first time I saw you on stage I realized what a wonderful voice you've got; I think you're so brave not to have had it trained.

(1865-1940) English actress

Wallowing in corruption like a rhinoceros in an African pool.

(1831 – 1902) journalist & newspaper editor

There should be a Public Health Warning against this man.

(1956 – ) American dancer, choreographer & director

I thought I told you to wait in the car.

(1903 – 1968) movie actress

What do you do if you're in a room with Muammar Qaddafi, Saddam Hussein, and John Sununu, and you have a gun with only two bullets? … shoot Sununu twice.

(1933 – ) U.S. senator (Massachusetts)

If you really want to help the American theater darling, be an audience.

(1903 – 1968) movie actress

Is that your wife? … Oh, well, keep your chin up.

(1926 – 2017) American stand-up comedian & actor

One could not dignify him with the name of stuffed shirt; he was simply a hole in the air.

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