Duke of Wellington when French marshalls turned their backs on him at a reception:
I have seen their backs before!
I have seen their backs before!
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Dorothy Parker when she was given a message from her editor to submit her copy when she was on honeymoon:
Tell him I've been too fucking busy - or vice versa.
Tell him I've been too fucking busy - or vice versa.
Alfred Hitchcock:
One look at you, Mr Shaw, and I know there's famine in the land.
George Bernard Shaw:
One look at you, Mr Hitchcock, and I know who caused it.
One look at you, Mr Shaw, and I know there's famine in the land.
George Bernard Shaw:
One look at you, Mr Hitchcock, and I know who caused it.
Turkish proverb:
Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death and sweet as love.
Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death and sweet as love.
Zoo: a place devised for animals to study the habits of human beings.
Middle age occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.
Avoid approaching horses and restaurants from the rear.
Stewardess to Mohamed Ali on take-off:
"Sir, please fasten your seat belt."
"Superman don't need no seat belt."
"Yeah? Well Superman don't need no plane either."
"Sir, please fasten your seat belt."
"Superman don't need no seat belt."
"Yeah? Well Superman don't need no plane either."
Speeches are like babies - easy to conceive but hard to deliver.
What a good thing Adam had - when he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before.
The reason Michael Jackson entitled his album Bad was because he couldn't spell Indescribable.
The rich widow cries with one eye and rejoices with the other.
Be wiser than other people if you can but never tell them so.
A woman's place is in the wrong.
Since we have to speak well of the dead, let's knock them while they are alive.
British diplomacy - never climb a fence if you can sit on it.
Bette Davies and Joan Crawford were sworn enemies for years in Holywood and hated each other. Upon hearing that Crawford had passed away Davies is quoted as saying:
I realise that you should only speak good of the dead. I hear Joan Crawford has died. Good!
I realise that you should only speak good of the dead. I hear Joan Crawford has died. Good!
John F Kennedy:
I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy - Dear John, don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.
I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy - Dear John, don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.
Oscar Wilde:
When I think of all the harm that book (The Bible) has done, I despair of ever writing anything to equal it.
When I think of all the harm that book (The Bible) has done, I despair of ever writing anything to equal it.
Glenn Close is not an actress - she's an address.