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T O P I C R E V I E WBluemoon "He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." -- Winston Churchill >"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." -- Clarence Darrow > "He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." -- William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway) >"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." -- Groucho Marx >"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." -- Mark Twain >"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends." -- Oscar Wilde > > "I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend... If you have one." -- George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill...followed by: >Churchill's response: "Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second, if there is one." "I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here." -- Stephen Bishop >"He is a self-made man and worships his creator." -- John Bright >"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." -- Irvin S. Cobb >"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." -- Paul Keating >"He had delusions of adequacy." -- Walter Kerr >"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" -- Oscar Wilde Lady Astor once remarked to Winston Churchill at a Dinner Party, "Winston, if you were my husband, I would poison your coffee!" > > Winston replied, "Madam if I were your husband I would drink it!"miss_muffetWow... I love this! Thank you for sharing. quote:Lady Astor once remarked to Winston Churchill at a Dinner Party, "Winston, if you were my husband, I would poison your coffee!"Winston replied, "Madam if I were your husband I would drink it!" lovegoblinwinston churchillwhat a character.i love him.i've heard variations of the above story.one was a woman in dismay telling churchill"winston, you're drunk!"his reply: "yes madame, and in the morning i will be sober, but you will still be ugly."this is attributed to him anyway...lalalinda quote: "I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend... If you have one." -- George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill...followed by:Churchill's response: "Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second, if there is one." touchéListensToTreesFrom Charles Dickens, Martin ChuzzlewitMr Pecksniff:"Charity, when I take my bedside candle tonight, remind me to pay particular attention in my prayers to Mr JONAS Chuzzlewit" Azalaksh BlueMoon Those quotes are soooo much more intelligent and enjoyable than "epithet-you", although "epithet-you" certainly has its time and place Mirandee Love it!!! LOL Wonderful to have that kind of quick wit!! Churchill and Pres. Harry Truman were both quick on the uptake. Bill Hicks was too!!! He did a skit on Jesus at a nightclub in the south. Afterwards two guys approached him and one of them was poking him in the chest with each word saying, " We are Christian and we don't like the things you said about Jesus." Bill Hicks: " Oh, you're Christians! In that case just forgive me." Bluemoon
"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here." -- Stephen Bishop >"He is a self-made man and worships his creator." -- John Bright >"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." -- Irvin S. Cobb >"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." -- Paul Keating >"He had delusions of adequacy." -- Walter Kerr >"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" -- Oscar Wilde Lady Astor once remarked to Winston Churchill at a Dinner Party, "Winston, if you were my husband, I would poison your coffee!" > > Winston replied, "Madam if I were your husband I would drink it!"
quote:Lady Astor once remarked to Winston Churchill at a Dinner Party, "Winston, if you were my husband, I would poison your coffee!"Winston replied, "Madam if I were your husband I would drink it!"
Winston replied, "Madam if I were your husband I would drink it!"
i've heard variations of the above story.one was a woman in dismay telling churchill"winston, you're drunk!"
his reply: "yes madame, and in the morning i will be sober, but you will still be ugly."
this is attributed to him anyway...
quote: "I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend... If you have one." -- George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill...followed by:Churchill's response: "Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second, if there is one."
Churchill's response: "Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second, if there is one."
touché
Mr Pecksniff:"Charity, when I take my bedside candle tonight, remind me to pay particular attention in my prayers to Mr JONAS Chuzzlewit"
Love it!!! LOL Wonderful to have that kind of quick wit!!
Churchill and Pres. Harry Truman were both quick on the uptake.
Bill Hicks was too!!!
He did a skit on Jesus at a nightclub in the south. Afterwards two guys approached him and one of them was poking him in the chest with each word saying, " We are Christian and we don't like the things you said about Jesus."
Bill Hicks: " Oh, you're Christians! In that case just forgive me."
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