10 Smart Insults from Famous People
1. “He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire”
Winston Churchill
2. “I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it”
Mark Twain
3. “He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends”
Oscar Wilde
4. “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
5. “I feel so miserable without you; it’s almost like having you here”
Stephen Bishop
6. “He has the attention span of a lightning bolt”
Robert Redford
7. “Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go”
Oscar Wilde
8. “I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn’t it.”
Groucho Marx
9. “He is a self-made man and worships his creator.”
John Bright