Saturday, September 27, 2008

Was That An Insult?


The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it;
if you can’t ignore it, top it; if you can’t top it;
if you can’t top it, laugh at it;
if you can’t laugh at it, it’s probably deserved
-    J Russel Lynes

Either he’s dead or my watch has stopped.

-    Groucho Marx

I regard you with an indifference bordering on aversion.

-    Robert L Stevenson

He looked as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.

-    Raymond Chandler

He’s liked, but he’s not well liked.

-    Arthur Miller

I could never learn to like her, except on a raft at sea with no other provisions

-    Mark Twain

Fine words! I wonder where you stole them.

-    Jonathan Swift

He would stab his best friend to write an epigram on his tombstone.

-    Oscar Wilde

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire

-    Winston Churchill

He had a big head and a face so ugly it became almost fascinating.

-    Ayn Rand

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

-    George C Scott

The tautness of is face sours ripe grapes.

-    William Shakespeare

He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

-    George Bernard Shaw

He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea and that was wrong.

- Benjamin Disraeli

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