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Subject:
Insults
(Page 22)
Well, it only proves what they always say – give the public something they want to see, and they’ll come out for it.
Red Skelton
(1913 – 1997) American comedian & radio & television host
Insults
On the crowds attending the funeral of movie tycoon Harry Cohn
I would like to live in Manchester, England; the transition between Manchester and death would be unnoticeable.
Mark Twain
Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
Insults
Places
Manchester
If you really want to help the American theater darling, be an audience.
Tallulah Bankhead
(1903 – 1968) movie actress
Acting
Insults
Reviews/Criticism
To a young actress
He appears to have been called 'The Little Giant' more because he was little than because he was a giant.
Irving Stone
(1903 – 1989) American writer
Insults
On Steven Douglas
The problem with some people is that when they aren’t drunk, they’re sober.
William Butler Yeats
(1865 – 1939) Irish poet & politician
Alcohol
Food/Drink
Insults
People
Drunk
Of course, America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.
Oscar Wilde
(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet
America
Insults
Places
How could they tell?
Dorothy Parker
(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet
Death
Insults
Upon hearing of Calvin Coolidge's death
If a comic tells a joke, and no one is there to hear it, is Nick DiPaolo on stage?
Dane Cook
(1972 – ) stand-up comedian & actor
Insults
Comedian Nick DiPaolo
His smile is like the silver fittings on a coffin.
Benjamin Disraeli
(1804 – 1881) British prime minister, politician & author
Insults
On Robert Peel
Smiling
A singer: You know, my dear, I insured my voice for fifty thousand dollars. Hopkins: That’s wonderful; and what did you do with the money?
Miriam Hopkins
(1902 – 1972) American actress
Insults
Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.
William Dean Howells
(1837 – 1920) American author
Insults
People
Relationships
Time
Guests
So boring you fall asleep halfway through her name.
Alan Bennett
English author, actor, humorist & playwright
Insults
Arianna Stassinopoulos
Greater love hath no man than this, to lay down his friends for his life.
Jeremy Thorpe
(1929 – ) British politician
Friends
Insults
Having your taste criticized by Dorothy Kilgallen is like having your clothes criticized by Emmett Kelly.
Dick Cavett
(1936 – ) television talk show host
Insults
Dorothy Kilgallen
He's a trellis for varicose veins.
Wilson Mizner
(1876 – 1933) screenwriter
Appearance
Body
Insults
About a very thin man
Varicose veins
It proves what Harry always said: give the public what they want and they'll come out for it.
Red Skelton
(1913 – 1997) American comedian & radio & television host
Death
Insults
Of producer Harry Cohn’s well-attended funeral
He'll doublecross that bridge when he comes to it.
Oscar Levant
(1906 – 1972) pianist, composer, author, comedian & actor
Characteristics
Government
Insults
Said of a politician
He's so snobbish he has an unlisted zip-code.
Earl Wilson
(1907 – 1987) journalist & columnist
Insults
Sleeping with George Michael would be like having sex with a groundhog.
‘Boy George’
George Alan O'Dowd (1961 – ) British singer-songwriter
Insults
Sex
Don King is one of the great humanitarians of our time. He has risen above that great term, prejudice. He has screwed everybody he has ever been around. Hog, dog, or frog, it don't matter to Don. If you got a quarter, he wants the first 26 cents.
Randall “Tex” Cobb
(1950 – ) American boxer & actor
Boxing
Insults
Sports
Don King
Wallowing in corruption like a rhinoceros in an African pool.
Edwin Lawrence Godkin
(1831 – 1902) journalist & newspaper editor
Crime
Insults
Corruption
On politician James G. Elaine
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