I am sitting in the smallest room of my house. I have Herr Reger’s organ pieces before me. In a moment they will be behind me. (1906-The Variations and Fugue on a theme by Satie were to be his last work, for the day after completing it Reger died from a heart-attack brought on, it […]
Insults Quotes
An incautious congressman playfuly ran his hand of Nick’s shiny scalp and commented, “It feels just like my wife’s backside.” NIck instantly repeated the gesture. “So it does,” he replied.
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.
