"He had delusions of adequacy." - Walter Kerr
"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it." - Moses Hadas
"He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know." - Abraham Lincoln
"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
H/T Shelly
Sunday, 13 April 2008
When Insults Had Class........part 1
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very good theo...i truly enjoyed a few and it gave me a little chuckle thinking about the reactions they received...
Each one is better than the next.
My favorite was always a line from a baseball column about Leo Durocher: "The pitch missed his head by mere millimeters, to the profound disappointment of millions."
"I am sitting in the smallest room in the house. I have your review in front of me. Soon it will be behind me." -- Max Reger
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