Subject: Insults (Page 39)

Actress Mary Anderson: Mr. Hitchcock, what do you think is my best side?
Hitchcock: My dear, you're sitting on it.

(1899 – 1980) English filmmaker & producer

He’s done everybody’s act; he’s a parrot with skin on.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others.

(1720 – 1777) British dramatist, actor & theatre manager

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

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

At first I thought he was walking a dog… then I realized it was his date.

(1918 – 1984) American actress & singer

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

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

So boring you fall asleep halfway through her name.

English author, actor, humorist & playwright

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

The 100% American is 99% idiot.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.

(1837 – 1920) American author

What makes him think a middle-aged actor, who’s played with a chimp, could have a future in politics?

(1911 – 2004) 40th U.S. president & actor

Nothing trivial, I hope.

(1839 – 1919) Irish writer

If he ever had a bright idea it would be beginner's luck.

(1956 – ) American lawyer & novelist

They don't hardly make 'em like him any more… but just to be on the safe side, he should be castrated anyway.

(1937 – 2005) journalist & author

Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.

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

He would stab his best friend for the sake of writing an epigram on his tombstone.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

A great zircon in the diadem of American literature.

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

That kid's about as sharp as a pound of wet liver.

cartoon character (Mel Blanc)

She was short on intellect, but long on shape.

(1866 – 1944) American writer, newspaper columnist, playwright & humorist

About the only thing you can say for his constipation of ideas is his diarrhea of words.

(1882 – 1958) drama critic, editor

Calling Kathy Lee 'entertainment' is like falling off the roof and calling it transportation.

American actor & stand-up comedian