Some great (political) quotes~

[babylonsister]

When insults had class:

"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

"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second ... if there is one."
--- Winston Churchill to Shaw, in response

"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 has 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

[AlamoDemoc]

1. Thanks...Bookmarked

[silverweb]

2. LOL

Ahh, delicious subtlety and sly humor -- nearly lost art forms now. Most of these statements would be entirely lost on many of our countrymen these days.

I can see the bewildered expressions and hear the echoes of "huh?" even now.

:D

[Warpy]

3. On being asked by an actress which was her best side

Alfred Hitchcock replied, "Madam, you are sitting on it."

Nancy Astor (to Winston Churchill): If I were your wife I would put poison in your coffee!
Churchill: And if I were your husband I would drink it.

Mustn't leave the ladies out, you know. :evilgrin:

[ashling]

4. so, how do these get pegged "political" ? n/t

:shrug

[babylonsister]

5. Because of that card Winston Churchill?

Very quotable!
But you're right, maybe not so much, though some of the sentiments I could apply to politicians.