Subject: Insults (Page 28)

He'd make a lovely corpse.

(1812 – 1870) English novelist

He is a self-made man and worships his creator.

(1811 – 1889) British statesman

Fame has sent a number of celebrities off the deep end, and in the case of Michael Jackson, to the kiddy pool.

(1956 – ) comedian, television host, social critic & political commentator

He has the vocal modulation of a railway-station announcer, the expressive power of a fence-post and the charisma of a week-old head of lettuce.

(1958 – ) Irish columnist, assistant editor & drama critic

He has all the characteristics of a dog except loyalty.

(1793 – 1863) American politician, statesman & soldier

He moves like a parody between a majorette girl and Fred Astaire.

(1924 – 1984) American author

Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.

(1925 – 1990) American entertainer

His impact on history would be no more than the whiff of scent on a lady's handkerchief.

(1863 – 1945) British politician & statesman

In her single person she managed to produce the effect of a majority.

(1873 – 1945) a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist

There is no hell… there is only France.

(1940 – 1993) composer, guitarist, record producer & film director

Had double chins all the way down to his stomach.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

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

(1948 – 1990) comedian

Australia's gift to insomniacs; it's nothing but the blonde singing the bland.

(1947 – 1979) American singer

I regard you with an indifference bordering on aversion.

(1850 – 1894) Scottish novelist, poet, essayist & travel writer

He' a Boy Scout with a hormone imbalance.

(1940 – ) writer & commentator

McEnroe was as charming as always, which means that he was as charming as a dead mouse in a loaf of bread.

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

A fungus of pendulous shape.

(1848 – 1892) daughter of Henry James

He wouldn't commit himself to the time of day from a hatful of watches.

(1894 – 1969) American writer

He now looks like a Barbie doll that has been whittled at by a malicious brother.

(1943 – ) English opera critic, author & journalist

Try interviewing her sometime… it's like talking to a window.

(1948 – ) American television journalist & sportscaster

Judge Judy went to the hospital because she was having intestinal troubles; turns out, she hates her own guts.

(1956 – ) American comedian