Subject: Insults (Page 23)

Howard Hughes was able to afford the luxury of madness, like a man who not only thinks he is Napoleon but hires an army to prove it.

(1932 – ) French-American writer, biographer, journalist & historian

Walter Mondale has all the charisma of:a speed bump.

(1952 – ) American political satirist

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

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

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

(1810 – 1892) Scottish minister

A fungus of pendulous shape.

(1848 – 1892) daughter of Henry James

As you know President Bush is on a tour of Europe; he says he's hoping to see the whole country.

(1950 – ) comedian & television host

Who picks your clothes – Stevie Wonder?

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

She's a vacuum with nipples.

(1905 – 1986) Austro–Hungarian-American theater & film director

She not only worships the golden calf, she barbecues it for lunch.

(1906 – 1972) pianist, composer, author, comedian & actor

She's all done up like a well-kept grave.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

Play us a medley of your hit.

(1906 – 1972) pianist, composer, author, comedian & actor

He was so mean it hurt him to go to the bathroom.

(1942 – ) Swedish actress

As an intellectual, he bestowed upon the games of golf and bridge all the enthusiasm and perseverance that he withheld from his books and ideas.

(1920 – 1982) foreign bureau chief, editor & speechwriter

Utter cowards who force their own children to drink wine, they gibber like baboons even when you try to speak to them in their own wimpy language.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist

A senescent bimbo with a lust for home furnishings.

(1941 – ) feminist, sociologist & political activist

If a traveller were informed that such a man was the leader of the House of Commons, he might begin to comprehend how the Egyptians worshipped an insect.

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

Our loss is their loss.

(1906 – 1972) pianist, composer, author, comedian & actor

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

(1910 – 1997) American writer

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

And this is your grandson, huh? Oh, wonderful boy! Yeah, he’s a good boy. Now I know why tigers eat their young.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

One could always baffle Conrad by saying 'humour.’

(1866 – 1946) English author