He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.""
-- 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)
""I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it.""
-- Groucho Marx
""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...followed by
Churchill's response: ""Cannot possibly attend first night, will
attend second, if there is one."" -- Winston Churchill
""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 had delusions of adequacy."" -- Walter Kerr
""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
Lady Astor once remarked to Winston Churchill at a Dinner Party,
""Winston, if you were my husband, I would poison your coffee!""
Winston replied, ""Madam if I were your husband I would drink it!