Insults Quotes

I didn’t like the play. But I saw it under unfavorable circumstances – the curtains were up.

He can’t help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth. (on misstatements made by George Herbert Walker Bush)

The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can’t ignore it, top it; if you can’t top it, laugh at it; if you can’t laugh at it, it’s probably deserved.

Don’t be so humble – you are not that great.

A little emasculated mass of inanity. (about Henry James)

He strains his conversation through a cigar.

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.

He has no more backbone than a chocolate eclair.

He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.

He writes his plays for the ages – the ages between five and twelve. (about George Bernard Shaw)