Insults…With Style…
Aimee emailed these to me, and I thought they were quite suitable for use on our page.
“I feel so miserable without you, it’s almost like having you here.” -Stephen Bishop
“He is a self-made man & worships his creator.” – John Bright
“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)
“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
“He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know.” – Abraham Lincoln
“They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.” – Thomas Brackett Reed
“He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them.” – James Reston (about Richard Nixon)
“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
“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
“He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.” – Billy Wilder
By the way, I just have to mention the popularity of Hillary Clinton’s new book. From what I understand, it’s broken all these records for sales and such. I must admit, my sick curiosity has me slightly interested, but I just don’t think I could bring myself to read her book. You KNOW the only reason people are buying it is because they want to know what she has to say about Monica Lewinsky and any other scandalous material they can find. No one cares about anything she has to say about politics or real issues. It’s all about the sex. Meanwhile, Katie Couric was badgering her this morning on the Today Show, trying to find out if she will change her mind about running for president in 2004. She told Katie that she didn’t know how many different ways she could keep saying NO. I thought that was pretty funny. Then of course, she wanted to know about 2008. I’m thinking, “Please, do you even know what you are going to be doing or where you are going to be in 2008?” Of course not. Then, all I could think about was the fact that she and Bill probably sat down at the table and wrote the book together. They have to keep themselves in the spotlight at all costs, don’t they? Well, I wish they’d disappear because I really don’t care.