- they just don't make them as they used to
1. "He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." --Winston Churchill
2. "A modest little person, with much to be modest about." --Winston Churchill
3. "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." --Clarence Darrow
4. "He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." --William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
5. "Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?" --Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)
6. "Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it." --Moses Hadas
7. "He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know." --Abraham Lincoln
8. "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." --Groucho Marx
9. "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." --Mark Twain
10. "He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends." --Oscar Wilde
11. "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
12. "Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second...if there is one." --Winston Churchill, in response
13. "I feel so miserable without you, it's almost like having you here." --Stephen Bishop
14. "He is a self-made man and worships his creator." --John Bright
15. "I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." --Irvin S. Cobb
16. "He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others." --Samuel Johnson
17. "He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." --Paul Keating
18. "He had delusions of adequacy." --Walter Kerr
19. "There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure." --Jack E. Leonard
20. "He has the attention span of a lightning bolt." --Robert Redford
21. "They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge." --Thomas Brackett Reed
22. "He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them." --James Reston (about Richard Nixon)
23. "In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily." --Charles, Count Talleyrand
24. "He loves nature in spite of what it did to him." --Forrest Tucker
25. "Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?" --Mark Twain
26. "His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." --Mae West
27. "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." --Oscar Wilde
28. "He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts...for support rather than illumination." --Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
29. "He has Van Gogh's ear for music." --Billy Wilder
1. "He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." --Winston Churchill
2. "A modest little person, with much to be modest about." --Winston Churchill
3. "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." --Clarence Darrow
4. "He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." --William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
5. "Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?" --Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)
6. "Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it." --Moses Hadas
7. "He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know." --Abraham Lincoln
8. "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." --Groucho Marx
9. "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." --Mark Twain
10. "He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends." --Oscar Wilde
11. "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
12. "Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second...if there is one." --Winston Churchill, in response
13. "I feel so miserable without you, it's almost like having you here." --Stephen Bishop
14. "He is a self-made man and worships his creator." --John Bright
15. "I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." --Irvin S. Cobb
16. "He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others." --Samuel Johnson
17. "He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." --Paul Keating
18. "He had delusions of adequacy." --Walter Kerr
19. "There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure." --Jack E. Leonard
20. "He has the attention span of a lightning bolt." --Robert Redford
21. "They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge." --Thomas Brackett Reed
22. "He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them." --James Reston (about Richard Nixon)
23. "In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily." --Charles, Count Talleyrand
24. "He loves nature in spite of what it did to him." --Forrest Tucker
25. "Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?" --Mark Twain
26. "His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." --Mae West
27. "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." --Oscar Wilde
28. "He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts...for support rather than illumination." --Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
29. "He has Van Gogh's ear for music." --Billy Wilder
