I wouldn’t be surprised if one day Carl’s halo slipped and choked him. – Allan Wells, referring to Carl Lewis, 1989

He who puts up with insult invites injury. – Jewish Proverb

If you took an IQ test, the results would be negative.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. – Oscar Wilde

Don’t let you mind wander – it’s far too small to be let out on its own.

If you’re gonna be two faced.. at least try to make one pretty.

If you can’t ignore an insult, top it; if you can’t top it, laugh it off; and if you can’t laugh it off, it’s probably deserved. – Russell Lynes

I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the panes of glass with its claws. – Charles Baudelaire

It d be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack. – Katharine Hepburn

You can’t fix stupid.

I’d love to ask how old you are, but unfortunately I know you can’t count that high.

I won’t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.

I am not going to spend any time whatsoever in attacking the Foreign Secretary. If we complain about the tune, there is no reason to attack the monkey when the organ grinder is present. – Aneurin Bevan

Are you always this stupid or are you making a special effort today?

Sure, I’d love to help you out…now, which way did you come in?

An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.

Anybody who told you to be yourself simply couldn’t have given you worse advice…

It’d be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack – Katharine Hepburn .

All day I thought of you….I was at the zoo.

Shouldn’t you have a license for being that ugly?

To be insulted by you is to be garlanded with lilies – Aristophanes.

Her face was her chaperone. – Rupert Hughes

You will find that silence or very gentle words are the most exquisite revenge for insult. – Judge Hall

The most effective comeback to an insult is silence.

She looks as if butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth. – Jonathan Swift, Polite Conversation

To force a man to pay for the violation of his own liberty is indeed an addition of insult to injury.

I am a poor man, but I would gladly give ten shillings to find out who sent me the insulting Christmas card I received this morning – George Grossmith.

And I thought I had problems? Look at your face!

I may be fat, but i can exercise, you can’t fix ugly!

There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor, and that he has never known trouble.