The Glorious Insult
"He had delusions of adequacy ."-Walter Kerr." He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."- Winston Churchill. "He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary."-William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway). "Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it."-Moses Hadas. "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, in response. "He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others."-Samuel Johnson. "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. "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."-Oscar Wilde. "He has Van Gogh's ear for music."-Billy Wilder. "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But I'm afraid this wasn't it."Groucho Marx |