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

* “He had delusions of adequacy.” - Walter Kerr

* “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).

* “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

*George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill:- 
“I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend, if you have one.” 
Winston Churchill, in reply 
“Cannot possibly attend first night, 
will attend second ... if there is one.”

* “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

* “In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily.” - Charles, Count Talleyrand

* “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 uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts… for support rather than illumination.” - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)

* “He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.” - Billy Wilder

* “I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn’t it.” - Groucho Marx