Subject: Insults (Page 6)

Bette [Davis] and I are good friends; there's nothing I wouldn't say to her face – both of them.

(1903 – 1968) movie actress

He was either a man of about a hundred and fifty who was rather young for his years, or a man of about a hundred and ten who had been aged by trouble.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

If you don't like my opinion of you – improve yourself!

I wouldn’t speak to her if I met her in hell and she was carrying ice.

He was so crooked that when he died they had to screw him into the ground.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

Barbara Walters is said to sleep standing so that the silicone won't move.

(1936 – ) Greek-born journalist & writer

He doesn't die his hair, he bleaches his face.

(1925 – 2005) television host

Joan Rivers’s face hasn’t just had a lift, it’s taken the elevator all the way to the top floor without stopping.

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

That’s it, laugh it up; you’re making $50 million a year and your poor parents are back in Nebraska eating locusts for dinner.

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

He had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

Reading him is like wading through glue.

(1809 – 1892) Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom

Mocking Hugh Hefner is easy to do, and in my mind should be made easier.

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

Aren't you ever tired of having yourself around?

Baroness Summerskill: Mr Cooper, have you looked in the mirror lately and seen the state of your nose?
Cooper: Well, madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What's yours?

English boxing champion

He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.

(1809 – 1865) 16th U.S. president

He'll doublecross that bridge when he comes to it.

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

I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the panes of glass with its claws.

(1821 – 1867) French poet, essayist & art critic

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

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

George W. [Bush] was born on third, but thinks he hit a triple.

(1943 – ) U.S. agriculture commissioner, columnist, activist & author

He's had so many face-lifts, his face has moved to the top of his head, you have to get on a step-ladder to watch him lie!

(1971 – ) Irish comedian, actor & writer

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