Subject: Insults (Page 9)

I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.

(1857 – 1938) American lawyer

You were born with your legs apart; they'll send you to the grave in a Y-shaped coffin.

(1933 – 1967) English playwright

Esther, warn me before you come in so I have a chance to cover all of the mirrors!.

(1922 – 1991) American comedian

I don’t want to be patronizing… that means “talking down.”


Mariah the fashion pariah… the queen of catastrophic kitsch.

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

Why, this fellow don't know any more about politics than a pig knows about Sunday.

(1884 – 1972) 33rd U.S. president

If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.

(1942 – ) American boxing champion

There never was an impostor so hateful, a blockhead so stupid, a crank so variously and offensively daft… he makes me tired.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

[Walking Tall] stars The Rock, but The Wood might be a better description of his performance.

film reviewer & critic

In the first place God made idiots; that was for practice; then he made school boards.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

A glorified bandmaster.

(1879 – 1961) English conductor

One of the nicest old ladies I ever met.

(1897-1962) American writer

The triumph of sugar over diabetes.

(1882 – 1958) drama critic, editor

That woman’s as cold as a nudist on an iceberg.

cartoon character (Mel Blanc)

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

A nonentity with side whiskers.

(1856 – 1924) 28th U.S. president & politician

He [Bernard Shaw] hasn’t an enemy in the world, and none of his friends like him.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

If you live in Birmingham [England], then being awake is not necessarily a desirable state.


He looked like something that had gotten loose from Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

(1888 – 1964) comedian & actor

If life was a party, he wasn’t even in the kitchen.

(1948 – ) English novelist

Is there no beginning to your talents?

(1952 – ) British barrister, comedy writer, and radio & television presenter