“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
“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
“Cannot possibly attend first night; will attend second, if there is one.”
-Winston Churchill’s response to George Bernard Shaw
“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 had delusions of adequacy.”
-Walter Kerr
“Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?”
-Mark Twain
“His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.”
-Mae West
1 comment:
Some of these I'm going to use... this one - "“I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn’t it.” is a favourite of mine.
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