Quotable Quotes:
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."
— Winston Churchill
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."
— Clarence Darrow
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary."
— William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
"I"ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But, this wasn"t it."
— Groucho Marx
"I didn"t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."
— Mark Twain
"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."
— Oscar Wilde
"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend... If you have one."
— George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill...
Followed by Churchill"s response:
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second, if there is one."
— Winston Churchill
"I feel so miserable without you; it"s almost like having you here."
— Stephen Bishop
"He is a self-made man and worships his creator."
— John Bright
"I"ve just learned about his illness. Let"s hope it"s nothing trivial."
— Irvin S. Cobb
"He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others."
— Samuel Johnson
"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up."
— Paul Keating
"He had delusions of adequacy."
— Walter Kerr
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope with out any address on it?"
— Mark Twain
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork."
— Mae West
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."
— Oscar Wilde
Lady Astor once remarked to Winston Churchill at a Dinner Party, "Winston, if you were my husband, I would poison your coffee!"
Winston replied, "Madam, if I were your husband, I would drink it!"
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."
— Winston Churchill
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."
— Clarence Darrow
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary."
— William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
"I"ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But, this wasn"t it."
— Groucho Marx
"I didn"t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."
— Mark Twain
"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."
— Oscar Wilde
"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend... If you have one."
— George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill...
Followed by Churchill"s response:
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second, if there is one."
— Winston Churchill
"I feel so miserable without you; it"s almost like having you here."
— Stephen Bishop
"He is a self-made man and worships his creator."
— John Bright
"I"ve just learned about his illness. Let"s hope it"s nothing trivial."
— Irvin S. Cobb
"He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others."
— Samuel Johnson
"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up."
— Paul Keating
"He had delusions of adequacy."
— Walter Kerr
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope with out any address on it?"
— Mark Twain
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork."
— Mae West
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."
— Oscar Wilde
Lady Astor once remarked to Winston Churchill at a Dinner Party, "Winston, if you were my husband, I would poison your coffee!"
Winston replied, "Madam, if I were your husband, I would drink it!"
