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