Subject: Insults (Page 18)

He has a profound contempt for human nature; of course, he is much given to introspection.

(1754 – 1838) French prime minister & diplomat

He had just about enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

I may not know much, but I know chicken shit from chicken salad.

(1908 – 1973) 36th U.S. president

I'd like to give you a going-away present… but you have to do your part.

She’s upstairs filing her teeth.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

I love that black dress; that neckline is plunging faster than Aretha Franklin’s head into a bucket of fried chicken.

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

A garden gnome expelled from Eden.

(1927 – 1980) English theatre critic & writer

John Hurt looks like Joan of Arc, after she's burnt at stake.

Why don’t you come over tonight? … our dog’s in heat.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist

When I want to play with a prick, I’ll play with my own.

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

He looks and talks like he just fell off Edgar Bergen's lap.

(1942 – ) Canadian comedian, actor, writer, director & author

Devotees of awful filmmaking can't go wrong with this one.

movie critic

The food in Yugoslavia is fine if you like pork tartare.

(1949 – ) American actor & environmentalist

He is a boil on the butt of humanity!

(1934 – ) American actress, dancer, activist & author

Judge: Are you trying to show contempt for this court, Mr Smith?

Smith: No, My Lord. I am attempting to conceal it.

(1872 – 1930) British statesman, politician & lawyer

She looks like someone who would eat her young.

(1949 – ) English actor, novelist, director, screenwriter & politician

Time wounds all heels.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

The problem with some people is that when they aren’t drunk, they’re sober.

(1865 – 1939) Irish poet & politician

She not only expects the worst, but makes the worst of it when it happens.

(1895 – 1956) Armenian essayist, novelist, playwright, & scriptwriter

He is a man suffering from petrified adolescence.

(1897 – 1960) Welsh labor leader & politician

His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on a sinking ship.

(1895 – 1972) writer and literary & social critic