"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."
-- Winston Churchill
[Applies to many people I know]
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." -- Clarence Darrow
[Oops! I dont exactly have a list, though...]
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." -- William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)[Hahah can 100% apply to me but I would like to think of it as a compliment. I wonder what Faulkner would have to say about our very own R K Narayan.]
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." -- Groucho Marx
[Me yet hankering after 'that' perfectly wonderful evening]
"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
[Ouch! that should hurt]
"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
[One classy retort this is...]
"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here." -- Stephen Bishop
[Hmm slightly confusing]
"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." -- Irvin S. Cobb
[Hehah simply fantastic]
"He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others." -- Samuel Johnson
[Cool one. Would like to use it one day]
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." -- Mae West
[Many names crop up ;) ]
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." --- Oscar Wilde
[I agree Mr Wilde, I agree wholeheartedly. Makes one think about the relatives you might have had too..]
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!"
[Ahem! a made-(to remain)in-heaven match]
"We've been through so much together, and most of it was your fault." --- Ashleigh Brilliant
[The name says it all]
"This is not a book that should be tossed lightly aside. It should be hurled with great force." --- Dorothy Parker
[I have such a list! Will write another post on that.]
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Grand Coincidence.
I was reading these again a few days back. They sure had CLASS back in the day. Here's another Churchill classic you might have missed out :
Churchill & Ms. Besse Bradock, MP:
"Sir, you are drunk."
"Indeed, Madam, and you are ugly. But tomorrow I shall be sober."
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Yes! this one's a classic too. :)
How have you been?
I've been good. Stuttering and surviving! Creating a post after ages, and relaxing after ages. You?
Ansswered that Q in quite a longish post. :)
oooh! that was phenomenal. Had a mighty grand laugh. i sincerely thank you for having made my day! Hard to choose a fav. but shaw's and churchill's letter must be No.1.
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