Mark Twain summed up his disdain for one woman when he said, “I could never learn to like her except on a raft at sea with no other provisions in sight.”
How To Learn To Like Someone
Love is Born
After Joan Collins married her fifth husband, Percy Gibson, a man 32 years younger than her, John Parrott said, “She can’t be with us tonight. She’s busy attending the birth of her […]
Princess Anne Doesn’t Take it Personally
Bette Midler said of Princess Anne, “She loves nature in spite of what it did to her.” source Read more insults. Read more funny quotes.
Any Other Problems?
“What problems do you have, apart from being blind, unemployed and a moron?” — John McEnroe to Wimbledon spectator source
Modesty — Not Necessarily a Virtue
Winston Church described Clement Attlee as, “a modest man, who has much to be modest about.” source
Sober Observation
Sir Winston Churchill was a master of the English language, so it should be no surprise that he was also a master at using it to devastate his critics. One of the […]
Which Is Harder to Swallow?
Lady Astor to Winston Churchill: “Winston, if you were my husband I would flavor your coffee with poison” Churchill: “Madam, if I were your husband, I should drink it.” source
From the Poison Pen of Robert Quillen
Robert Quillen (1887-1948), the editor of the Fountain Inn Tribune in South Carolina, was known for writing whatever came into his head. Heaven help whomever he was writing about if he was […]
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