quotes from Paw Prints

When Insults Had Class
Part 1

  • "He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." —Winston Churchill
  • "A modest little person, with much to be modest about." —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)
  • "Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?" —Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)
  • "Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it." —Moses Hadas
  • "He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know." —Abraham Lincoln
  • "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

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