Subject: Insults (Page 35)

Play us a medley of your hit.

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

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

(1810 – 1892) Scottish minister

His ignorance is encyclopedic.

(1915 – 2002) Israeli diplomat & politician

Harpo, she's a lovely person – she deserves a good husband; marry her before she finds one.

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

Lady Astor to Winston Churchill: If I were married to you, I’d put poison in your coffee.

Churchill, in reply: If you were my wife, I’d drink it.

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

She looked as if she had been poured into her clothes and had forgotten to say "when."

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

I can't wait to get Nick's [DiPaolo's] new comedy album, its called “Stop me if you heard this in junior high school.”

(1972 – ) stand-up comedian & actor

He has left his body to science… and science is contesting the will.

(1939 – ) British journalist, comedian, writer & media personality

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

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

Dear Randolph, utterly unspoilt by failure.

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

He had a winning smile, but everything else was a loser.

(1927 – 1999) stage & film actor, director & producer

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

(1917 – 1995) singer, actor & comedian

They want to play the blues so badly… and that's how they play it – badly!

American bluesman

If a comic tells a joke, and no one is there to hear it, is Nick DiPaolo on stage?

(1972 – ) stand-up comedian & actor

You'd think such a little mind would be lonely in such a big head.

(1852 – 1917) English actor & theater manager

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

Failure has gone to his head.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

He's a disappointed narcissist.

(1949 – ) English actor, writer & theater director

German in the most extravagantly ugly language – it sounds like someone using a sick bag on a 747.

(1937 – 1996) English cartoonist, satirist, comedian & actor

No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have; and I think he's a dirty little beast.

(1836 – 1911) English dramatist, librettist, poet & illustrator

Dancing with her was like moving a piano.

(1885 – 1933) columnist & writer