Quotes

Famous Put­downs

• I feel so mis­er­able with­out you; it’s almost like hav­ing you here. — Stephen Bishop
• He has all the virtues I dis­like and none of the vices I admire. — Winston Churchill
• A mod­est lit­tle per­son, with much to be mod­est about. — Winston Churchill
• I have never killed a man, but I have read many obit­u­ar­ies with great pleasure. — Clarence Darrow
• He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary. — William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
• Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emo­tions come from big words? — Ernest Hem­ing­way (about William Faulkner)
• Thank you for send­ing me a copy of your book; I’ll waste no time read­ing it. — Moses Hadas
• He is not only dull him­self; he is the cause of dull­ness in others. — Samuel Johnson
• He had delu­sions of adequacy. — Walter Kerr
• He can com­press the most words into the small­est idea of any man I know. — Abraham Lincoln
• I’ve had a per­fectly won­der­ful evening. But this wasn’t it. — Groucho Marx
• They never open their mouths with­out sub­tract­ing from the sum of human knowledge. — Thomas Brack­ett Reed
• In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily. — Charles, Count Talleyrand
• I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice let­ter say­ing I approved of 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 no ene­mies, but is intensely dis­liked by his friends. — Oscar Wilde
• Inter­preter! Inter­preter! How do you say the oppo­site of Vive Le France? — Winston Churchill, on Charles de Gaulle
• A sheep in sheep’s clothing. — Winston Churchill, on Clement Atlee
• 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 reply.

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