--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@> wrote: > > > > On Apr 11, 2010, at 12:01 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > "Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading > > it." - Moses Hadas > > > > His son David was one of my teachers in college-- > > same dry wit and insights. His class--The Bible as Literature-- > > was one of the most popular.
Can't remember who said it but: "From the moment I picked your book up until the moment I put it down I was convulsed with laughter, some day I intend reading it." Hits the spot. Or how about the superbly withering: "Your book is both good and original, unfortunately the bits that are good aren't original and the bits that are original aren't good." > Another similar "book insult," although I have > forgotten its creator's name, was: > > "The only trouble with this book is that the covers are too > far apart." > > Some other favorites of mine: > > "I never thought much of Pat Buchanan until I heard one of his > speeches in the original German." - Molly Ivins > > "Men always fall for frigid women because they put on the best > show." - Fanny Brice > > "The trouble with born-again Christians is that they are an > even bigger pain the second time around." - Herb Caen > > "When a man opens the car door for his wife, it's either a > new car or a new wife." - Prince Philip, Duke Of Edinburgh > > "A lady came up to me on the street and pointed at my suede > jacket. 'You know a cow was murdered for that jacket?' she > sneered. I replied in a psychotic tone, 'I didn't know there > were any witnesses. Now I'll have to kill you too.'" > - Jake Johansen > > "A disciple is an asshole, looking for a human being to attach > itself to." - Robert Anton Wilson > > "His mere presence here is depriving some village of its idiot." > - John Cleese > > "Suppose you were an idiot . . . And suppose you were a member > of Congress . . . But I repeat myself." - Mark Twain > > "Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey > and car keys to teenage boys." - P. J. O'Rourke > > "Every editor should have a pimp for a brother, so he will have > somebody to look up to." - H.L. Mencken >
