Subject: Insults (Page 9)

I asked the Scottish Football Association if San Marino was a republic or a principality; they said it was a technicality.

Scottish football commentator

And I want to thank you for all the enjoyment you've taken out of it.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

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


[He looks like] an explosion in a pubic hair factory.

(1934 – ) British theater director, author, humorist & medical doctor

He's an Anesthesiologist – Prince Valium.

(1927 – ) Canadian-born American comedian & actor

Too often the strong silent man is silent because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

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

She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.

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

Retraction: The revision of an insult to give it wider circulation.

He's about as sexy as a pissing toad.

(1924 – 1984) American author

Woody Allen didn’t even buy sheets without talking to his psychiatrist; I know several sessions went into his switch from polyester-satin to cotton.

(1945 – ) American model, activist & actress

That's not writing, that's typing.

(1924 – 1984) American author

The easiest time to add insult to injury is when you're signing somebody's cast.

(1973 – ) American comedian

The only proof of taste Beckford has shown with his collection is getting rid of it.

(1778 – 1830) English writer, essayist, critic, grammarian & philosopher

The only reason he had a child is so that he can meet babysitters.

(1947 – ) comedian & television host

She's got such a narrow mind, when she walks fast her earrings bang together.

(1948 – 2003) comedy writer & speaker

They're just jealous because they don't have three wise men and a virgin in the whole organization.

(1941 – ) Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island

She looked as though butter wouldn't melt in her mouth – or anywhere else.

(1902 – 1986) English-American actress

He'd make a lovely corpse.

(1812 – 1870) English novelist

She’s like an apple turnover that got crushed in a grocery bag on a hot day.

(1947 – ) American author, teacher & social critic

If a swamp alligator could talk, it would sound like Tennessee Williams.

(1938 – ) film critic & former television co-host

Frank Sinatra

(1915 – 1998) American singer & actor