Clever jabs
277 quotes from 161 people
Douglas Adams1952–2001The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988), Ch. 1
L. K. Advaniborn 1927To the Indian press as Information and Broadcasting Minister (1977), on its conduct during the EmergencyIn the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism.
Spiro Agnew1918–1996Speech in San Diego (September 11, 1970)Joe Frazier is so ugly that when he cries, the tears turn around and go down the back of his head.
Muhammad Ali1942–2016On Joe FrazierI like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
I have just returned from Boston. It is the only sane thing to do if you find yourself up there.
Fred Allen1894–1956Letter to Groucho Marx.Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.
Iain Banks1954–2013Transition (2009), Chapter 13 (p. 326)O you miserable scoundrel, what I shit is better than anything you ever thought.
Ludwig van Beethoven1770–1827Written in the margin of Gottfried Weber’s negative review of Wellington’s Victory in Beethoven’s copy of Cäcilia (August 1825)She was what we used to call a suicide blond—dyed by her own hand.
