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Verbal Defense

  • He must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money. -- Moliere
  • He never bore a grudge against anyone he wronged. -- Simone Signoret
  • He never chooses an opinion; he just wears whatever happens to be in style. -- Leo Tolstoy
  • He never said a foolish thing nor never did a wise one. -- Earl of Rochester
  • He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop. -- Sydney Smith
  • He strains his conversation through a cigar. -- Hamilton Mabie
  • He thinks by infection, catching an opinion like a cold. -- John Ruskin
  • He used statistics the way a drunkard uses lampposts - for support, not illumination. -- Andrew Lang
  • He was a bit like a corkscrew. Twisted, cold and sharp. -- Kate Cruise O'Brien
  • He was a great friend of mine. Well, as much as you could be a friend of his, unless you were a fourteen-year-old nymphet. -- Truman Capote (about Faulkner)
  • He was a solemn, unsmiling, sanctimonious old iceberg who looked like he was waiting for a vacancy in the Trilogy. -- Mark Twain
  • He was about as useful in a crisis as a sheep. -- Dorothy Eden
  • He was as great as a man can be without morality. -- Alexis de Tocqueville
  • I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception. -- Groucho Marx
  • I regard you with an indifference bordering on aversion. -- Robert Louis Stevenson
  • I treasure every moment that I do not see her. -- Oscar Levant
  • I want to reach your mind - where is it currently located? -- Ashleigh Brilliant
  • I will always love the false image I had of you. -- Ashleigh Brilliant
  • I wish I'd known you when you were alive. -- Leonard Louis Levinson
  • I worship the quicksand he walks in. -- Art Buchwald
  • I would not want to put him in charge of snake control in Ireland. -- Eugene McCarthy
  • If he were any dumber, he'd be a tree. -- Barry Goldwater
  • If I found her floating in my pool, I'd punish my dog. -- Joan Rivers
  • If you ever become a mother, can I have one of the puppies? -- Charles Pierce
  • In her last days, she resembled a spoiled pear. -- Gore Vidal (about Gertrude Stein)
  • In her single person she managed to produce the effect of a majority. -- Ellen Glascow
  • In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily. -- Charles, Count Talleyrand
  • Is that a beard, or are you eating a muskrat? -- Dr. Gonzo
  • It's like cuddling with a Butterball turkey. -- Jeff Foxworthy
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