Subject: Insults (Page 34)

She would be like Richard Wagner if only she looked a bit more feminine.

(1892-1969) English poet & writer

I just hope what Janet did at halftime [at the Super Bowl] doesn't, in any way, tarnish the good name of the Jackson family.

(1950 – ) comedian & television host

He is so stupid you can't trust him with an idea.

(1902 – 1968) novelist

He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop.

(1771 – 1845) English writer & Anglican clergyman

The only genius with an IQ of 60.

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

A brain of feathers, and a heart of lead.

(1688 – 1744) English poet

Failure has gone to his head.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

He was a solemn, unsmiling, sanctimonious old iceberg who looked like he was waiting for a vacancy in the Trinity.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Justin Bieber looks like a little lesbian… he’s the daughter Cher wishes she’d had.

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

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

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

Michael Jackson was a poor black boy who grew up to be a rich white woman.

(1944 – 2007) newspaper columnist, political commentator, humorist & author

Of course, America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

He's so snobbish he has an unlisted zip-code.

(1907 – 1987) journalist & columnist

You are so boring that you can't even entertain a doubt.

He's the only man able to walk under a bed without hitting his head.

(1897 – 1972) broadcast journalist & gossip columnist

Monty: [about his Mother-In-Law] She says I drink too much, I smoke too much, I gamble. I mean she’s right, but what can I do? I got no… what’s the word…

Nicky: Class.

(1943 – ) American actor, musician & comedian

He is able to turn an unplotted, unworkable manuscript into an unplotted and unworkable manuscript with a lot of sex.


The first time I saw you on stage I realized what a wonderful voice you've got; I think you're so brave not to have had it trained.

(1865-1940) English actress

She has the answer to everything and the solution to nothing.

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

I thought he was a young man of promise; but it appears he was a young man of promises.

(1848 – 1930) British Conservative politician & statesman