Subject: Insults

Don't be so humble – you are not that great.

(1898 – 1978) Israeli prime minister

She's about as feminine as a sidewalk drill.

(1925 – ) U.S. senator (Alabama)

Why don't you trade in your head for a bowling ball?

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

He'd make a lovely corpse.

(1812 – 1870) English novelist

After all the nice things I’ve said about that hag! … when I get hold of her I’ll tear out every hair of her mustache!

(1903 – 1968) movie actress

All Englishmen talk as if they’ve got a bushel of plums stuck in their throats, and then after swallowing them get constipated from the pips.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

[George] Bernard Shaw has discovered himself, and gave ungrudgingly of his discovery to the world.

(1870 – 1916) British writer

People say satire is dead; it's not dead; it's alive and living in the White House.

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor

A retail mind in a wholesale business.

(1863 – 1945) British politician & statesman

You're a good example of why some animals eat their young.

(1948 – 1990) comedian

Cesar Romero would attend the opening of a napkin.

(1913 – 1989) American radio, television, film & voice actor

I think a lot of Bernstein… but not as much as he does.

(1906 – 1972) pianist, composer, author, comedian & actor

She never lets ideas interrupt the easy flow of her conversation.

Alice Jane Chandler Webster (1876 – 1916) writer & author

To hear Alice Keppel talk about her escape from france, one would think had swum the Channel, with her maid between her teeth.

Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater.

(1908 – 1989) American actress of film, television & theater

A great actress, from the waist down.

(1848 – 1935) English actress

So boring you fall asleep halfway through her name.

English author, actor, humorist & playwright

Dennis has become like a prostitute, but now it's gotten ridiculous, to the point where he will do anything humanly possible to make money.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator

Scotland: That garret of the earth – that knuckle-end of England – that land of Calvin, oatcakes, and sulfur.

(1771 – 1845) English writer & Anglican clergyman

He would sooner keep hot coals in his mouth than a witticism.

(1810 – 1892) Scottish minister