Quote of the Week

I’m feeling lighthearted and a little silly this month and the chosen quotes reflect that feeling. This month we are celebrating the art of the insult. People used to be quite clever when putting down another person or group. Insulting another used to be an art form, classy.

Somehow the art of insulting has devolved into four letter words. I much prefer the old way and will share some awesome zingers through the month of September.

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

“He has no enemies but is intensely disliked by his friends.” Oscar Wilde

In looking up quotes to verify them, I learned that Oscar Wilde was not quite the greatest wit of nineteenth century he is portrayed to be. (Although he was definitely a wit.) He often repeated pithy remarks made by his good friend, the artist James Whistler, (of Whistler’s Mother fame) as his own.