When Insults Had Class #
- "He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."
- "A modest little person, with much to be modest about."
- "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."
- "He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary."
- "Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?"
- "Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it."
- "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it."
- "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."
- "He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."
- "I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play. Bring a friend... if you have one."
- "Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one."
- "I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here."
- "I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial."
- "He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others."
- "He had delusions of adequacy."
- "He has the attention span of a lightning bolt."
- "He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them."
- "In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily."
- "He loves nature in spite of what it did to him."
- "His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork."
- "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."