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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!

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haha those are great:)

My grandmother once said to someone

""you are fat, but in a very pretty way

I do so like: ""He has an unfortunate face.

I like Dorothy Parker's withering remark on the death of President Coolidge:

""How could they tell?

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