Subject: Insults (Page 16)

George W. [Bush] was born on third, but thinks he hit a triple.

(1943 – ) U.S. agriculture commissioner, columnist, activist & author

She was short on intellect, but long on shape.

(1866 – 1944) American writer, newspaper columnist, playwright & humorist

He makes a Macy's Thanksgiving Day float look ridiculous.

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor

The English think soap is civilization.

(1834 – 1896) German historian & political writer

When you go to the mind reader, do you get half price?

(1947 – ) comedian & television host

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

Pamela Lee said her name is tattooed on her husband's penis; which explains why she changed her name from Anderson to Lee.

(1963 – ) television host & comedian

I once described him [Arnold Schwarzenegger] as looking like a condom full of walnuts.

(1939 – ) Australian author, critic, broadcaster, poet & memoirist

The Cuban heel.

(1887 – 1966) American stage entertainer & actor

It's bad when they don't perform your operas – but when they do, it's far worse.

(1835 – 1921) French Late-Romantic composer, conductor & pianist

A lewd vegetarian.

(1819 – 1875) English priest, university professor, historian & novelist

George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill: Am reserving two tickets for you for my premiere. Come and bring a friend – if you have one.

Churchill’s reply: Impossible to be present for the first performance; will attend second – if there is one.

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

German in the most extravagantly ugly language – it sounds like someone using a sick bag on a 747.

(1937 – 1996) English cartoonist, satirist, comedian & actor

Is she fat? … Her favorite food is seconds.

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

The Russians love Brooke Shields because her eyebrows remind them of Leonid Brezhnev.

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor

She speaks five languages and can't act in any of them.

(1904 – 2000) English actor, director & producer

It would be possible to say without exaggeration that the miners’ leaders were the stupidest men in England if we had not frequent occasion to meet the owners.

(1872 – 1930) British statesman, politician & lawyer

Oh good, now he’ll be bi-ignorant.

(1943 – ) U.S. agriculture commissioner, columnist, activist & author

Judge: You are extremely offensive, young man!

Smith: As a matter of fact we both are; but I am trying to be, and you can’t help it.

(1872 – 1930) British statesman, politician & lawyer

I say that dog is lower than a snake full of buckshot.

cartoon character (Mel Blanc)

And I want to thank you for all the enjoyment you've taken out of it.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host