Subject: Insults (Page 40)

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

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

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you’re twenty minutes.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

I have just read your dispatch about sore-tongued and fatigued horses; will you pardon me for asking what the horses of your army have done since the battle of Antietam that fatigues anything?

(1809 – 1865) 16th U.S. president

It's great to be with Bill Buckley because you don't have to think; he takes a position and you automatically take the opposite and you know you are right.

(1908 – 2006) Canadian-American economist

He couldn't see a belt without hitting below it.

(1864 –1945) Anglo-Scottish socialite, author & wit

It must have been tough on your mother, not having any children.

(1911 – 1995) American actress, dancer & singer

Esther, you wouldn’t want a drink, because you are a drink… a zombie!.

(1922 – 1991) American comedian

What do you mean, heart attack? … You’ve got to have a heart before you can have an attack.

(1906 – 2002) Austrian journalist, filmmaker, screenwriter & producer

She had much in common with Hitler, only no mustache.

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

I think of Trump as Hitler without the warmth.

(1955 – ) American stand-up comedian & actor

He has so many fish hooks in his nose, he looks like a piece of bait.

(1952 – ) American sportscaster

Calvin Coolidge didn’t say much, and when he did, he didn’t say much.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

Don't get insulted, but is your job devoted to spreading ignorance?

Jerry Ford is so dumb that he can't fart and chew gum at the same time.

(1908 – 1973) 36th U.S. president

The only man, woman, or child who ever wrote a simple declarative sentence with seven grammatical errors is dead.

(1894 – 1962) American poet, painter, essayist, author & playwright

I don’t want to be patronizing… that means “talking down.”


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

(1771 – 1845) English writer & Anglican clergyman

The Russians love Brooke Shields because her eyebrows remind them of Leonid Brezhnev.

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor

He couldn't ad-lib a fart after a baked-bean dinner.

(1925 – 2005) television host

I'll bet your father spent the first year of your life throwing rocks at storks.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.

(1864 –1945) Anglo-Scottish socialite, author & wit