Subject: Insults (Page 36)

She could carry off anything; and some people said that she did.

(1862 – 1933) British novelist

He's so fat, he can be his own running mate.

(1925 – 2005) television host

He was trying to save both his faces.

(1901 – 1970) American journalist & author

… as thin as the homeopathic soup that was made by boiling the shadow of a pigeon that had been starved to death.

(1809 – 1865) 16th U.S. president

He makes a July's day short as December.

(1564 – 1616) English dramatist & poet

The triumph of sugar over diabetes.

(1882 – 1958) drama critic, editor

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

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

Asians are nice people, but they burn a lot of shirts.

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

She's got such a narrow mind, when she walks fast her earrings bang together.

(1948 – 2003) comedy writer & speaker

It appears that not even the heat of ridicule can weaken Rosie O'Donnell's steely resolve to make an idiot of herself.

(1969 – ) American columnist & author

He has a profound contempt for human nature; of course, he is much given to introspection.

(1754 – 1838) French prime minister & diplomat

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

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

A garden gnome expelled from Eden.

(1927 – 1980) English theatre critic & writer

I worship the quicksand he walks in.

(1925 – 2007) humorist & columnist

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.

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

I'd like to give you a going-away present… but you have to do your part.

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

(1916 – 2005) American politician & poet

[Ulysses is] the work of a queasy undergraduate scratching his pimples.

(1882 – 1941) English novelist, essayist, publisher & feminist

Mariah the fashion pariah… the queen of catastrophic kitsch.

Richard Blackwell (1922 – 2008) fashion critic, journalist, & designer

I don’t hate you… I just don’t like that you exist.

(1975 – ) American author

A huge pendulum attached to a small clock

(1855 – 1942) Russian critic & lecturer