A
member of Parliament to Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on the
gallows or of some unspeakable disease.
"That
depends, Sir," said Disraeli, "whether I
embrace your policies or your mistress."
"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
"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
loves nature in spite of what it did to him."
- Forrest Tucker
"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
uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than
illumination."
- Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
"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
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