Some old,some new. Korfy
· "I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend, if you have one."
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George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
· "Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second ... if there is one."
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Winston Churchill, in response.
· A member of Parliament to Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease."
· "That depends, Sir," said Disraeli ,
· "He had delusions of adequacy." -
· "He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." -
· "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." -
· "Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading 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 feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here." -
· "He is a self-made man and worships his creator." -
· "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." -
Samuel Johnson
· "He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." -
· "In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily." -
· "He loves nature in spite of what it did to him." -
· "Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?" -
Mark Twain
· "His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." -
Mae West
· "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." -
· "He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." -
Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
· "He has Van Gogh's ear for music." -
· "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it."
From mail.