Tuesday, April 22, 2008

The Lighter Side of Susan


The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor:
She said, "If you were my husband I'd give you poison," and he
said, ”If you were my wife, I'd drink it."

A member of Parliament to Disraeli:
"Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some
unspeakable disease."
"That depends, Sir," said Disraeli, "on whether I embrace your
policies or your mistress."

"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).

"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

"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, 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

"There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure."
-Jack E. Leonard

"He has the attention span of a lightning bolt."
- Robert Redford

"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him."
- Forrest Tucker

"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

"He has Van Gogh's ear for music."
- Billy Wilder

"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening but this wasn't it."
- Groucho Marx


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Recently came across this gem:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJjj94GBlnY&feature=related

Also found something from the BBC on Sam Cook and the Gospel Highway, that, given your love of good music, you might find interesting. All told, it's about 30 minutes worth of video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i088ydYBcg4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06B9fN6C-98&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJia6DT4Ngc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r-elgKf1OQ&feature=related

Cheers,
Mo.

nachtwache said...

Funny!