Subject: Insults (Page 10)

What he lacks in intelligence, he makes up for in stupidity.

Insults Intelligence Stupidity

They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.

(1839 – 1902) Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
Insults Intelligence

The first time I saw you on stage I realized what a wonderful voice you've got; I think you're so brave not to have had it trained.

(1836 – 1911) English dramatist, librettist, poet & illustrator
Acting Insults Reviews/Criticism

… you're so crooked that if you swallowed a nail you'd shit a corkscrew.

(1898 – 1979) British military commander
Honesty Insults

You can’t get Negro help like that, anymore… wow, to have a guy who can sing, dance – and dust!

(1926 – 2017) American stand-up comedian & actor
Insults

John Montague to John Wilkes: You will either die on the gallows or of a loathsome disease.

Wilkes’ reply: That depends on whether I embrace your principles or your mistress.

(1725 – 1797) English radical, journalist & politician
Death Insults

He got a reputation as a great actor by just thinking hard about the next line.

(1894 – 1982) American film director, film producer & screenwriter
Acting Insults

Elizabeth Taylor has more chins than the Chinese telephone directory.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director
Appearance Fat Insults

Mariah the fashion pariah… the queen of catastrophic kitsch.

Richard Blackwell (1922 – 2008) fashion critic, journalist, & designer
Insults

I had to pull him out, otherwise nobody would have believed I didn’t push him in.

(1937 – 1995) English satirist, writer & comedian
Insults

Avoid all needle drugs – the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.

(1936 – 1989) American social & political activist
Insults Reviews/Criticism

The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

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

Joe Frazier is so ugly he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wildlife.

(1942 – ) American boxing champion
Appearance Insults

Oscar Wilde's talent seems to me to be essentially rootless, something growing in glass on a little water.

(1852 – 1933) Irish writer, poet, art critic & dramatist
Insults

He was humane but not human.

(1894 – 1962) American poet, painter, essayist, author & playwright
Insults

She resembles the Venus de Milo: she is very old, has no teeth, and has white spots on her yellow skin.

(1797 – 1856) German critic & poet
Appearance Insults

He is a silk stocking filled with dung.

(1769 – 1821) French general & politician
Insults

For God's sake, go and tell that young man to take that Rockingham tea service out of his tights.

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter
Entertainment Insults

The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it’s unfamiliar territory.

(1901 – 1983) American film & television actor
Insults Intelligence

[Lloyd George] did not seem to care which way he travelled providing he was in the driver’s seat.

(1879 – 1964) Anglo-Canadian business tycoon, politician & writer
Insults

You don’t need big boobs to be feminine… look at Liberace.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director
Insults