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sully16 — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:12:35 GMT

really good , thanks.

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joker17 — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:24:05 GMT

<br />Thanx Kitty...

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Rick G — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 01:58:14 GMT

Funny quotes...the Churchill/Shaw exchange was great. Thanks!

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MADDOG10 — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:44:16 GMT

Ahh, the slap across the face with a glove and a smile... Thanks EM..!

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emilyg — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:32:23 GMT

Jarasan - my pleasure.

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jarasan — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 23:34:39 GMT

Great quotes! Thank You.

Original Blog Entry: When Insults Had Class

emilyg — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:49:40 GMT

These glorious insults are from an era before the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words;

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 had delusions of adequacy. - Walter Kerr

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. - Winston Churchill

Lady to Winston Churchill, If I were your wife, I would give you poison. To which Churchill responded, madam, if I were your husband, I would take it!

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).

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

In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily. - Charles, Count Talleyrand

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 this wasn't it. - Groucho Marx

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