- 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
- 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
- He had delusions of adequacy.Walter Kerr
- 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
- They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.Thomas Brackett Reed
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