You're not interesting in the least,' she spat. 'I don't need to be,' I smiled. 'That's what you need...And you're welcome to it.

The only way she could get a standing ovation would be if she sang 'The Star-Spangled Banner.'.

I don't know why I can't let the insults go, but I can't. I'm the product of every hurt that's ever been laid on me.

In regards to maan (to seek importance from others), a man will become impudent if he keeps getting insulted up to a point. If he gets maan (importance from others) to a certain level, he grows stronger. And if he gets too much maan [praise], then his desire for it will come to end.

To say that Agatha Christie’s characters are cardboard cut-outs is an insult to cardboard cut-outs.

I've just learned about his illness let's hope it's nothing trivial.

His voice is to entertainment what the kazoo is to classical music.

He leaned in for a sniff. 'Smells like a horse's arse! I've got Ian!' -'No sniffing allowed! We never discussed sniffing! I cry foul!' Ian was outraged. 'I'm not giving you a shilling!' -'Give him a shilling! It's not his fault you smell like a horse's arse!

He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.'(on Ernest Hemingway.

What’s the worst possible thing you can call a woman? Don’t hold back, now. You’re probably thinking of words like slut, whore, bitch, cunt (I told you not to hold back!), skank. Okay, now, what are the worst things you can call a guy? Fag, girl, bitch, pussy. I’ve even heard the term “mangina.” Notice anything? The worst thing you can call a girl is a girl. The worst thing you can call a guy is a girl. Being a woman is the ultimate insult. Now tell me that’s not royally fucked up.