Quotes Tagged "classic-insult"

I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.

He had just about enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more.

That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can't say 'No' in any of them.

Every instinct that is found in any man is in all men. The strength of the emotion may not be so overpowering, the barriers against possession not so insurmountable, the urge to accomplish the desire less keen. With some, inhibitions and urges may be neutralized by other tendencies. But with every being the primal emotions are there. All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike some one they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.

If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn't be at all surprised.

She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B.

Thank you for sending me a copy of your book. I'll waste no time reading it.