Subject: Insults (Page 28)

My prayer to God is a very short one: 'Oh, Lord, make my enemies ridiculous;' God has granted it.

(1694 – 1778) French author, humanist & satirist

Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor.

(1912 – 2007) U.S. first lady, wife of Lyndon Johnson

Alone… in bad company

The Incredible Sulk.

(1949 – ) British politician & author

Joan always cries a lot; her tear ducts must be close to her bladder.

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

The plain truth is, that he was a most intolerable ruffian, a disgrace to human nature, and a blot of blood and grease upon the history of England.

(1812 – 1870) English novelist

The only person who ever left the Iron Curtain wearing it.

(1906 – 1972) pianist, composer, author, comedian & actor

He has so much brain and so little beauty.

(1884 – 1980) author & wit

The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I; never have so many fought so hard for such barren terrain.

Peggy Noonan (1950 – ) American author & columnist

I want to reach your mind – where is it currently located?

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

He is useless on top of the ground; he aught to be under it, inspiring the cabbages.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

The only genius with an IQ of 60.

(1925 – 2012) author, playwright, essayist & screenwriter

Fine words! … I wonder where you stole them.

(1667 – 1745) Irish satirist & essayist

He’s so old his social security number is two digits.

Scorsese was our director; he had phone books under his ass so he could see the actors.

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

Nowadays a parlor maid as ignorant as Queen Victoria was when she came to the throne would be classed as mentally defective.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

He has left his body to science… and science is contesting the will.

(1939 – ) British journalist, comedian, writer & media personality

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

movie critic

His mind is so open – so open that ideas simply pass through it.

(1846 – 1924) British idealist philosopher

One could not dignify him with the name of stuffed shirt; he was simply a hole in the air.

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

But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet.

(1945 – ) football coach