When Insults Had Class!

By Franklin Karp
Published on: August 20, 2021

“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

 

“He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.”

-Billy Wilder

 

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

-Groucho Marx

Franklin Karp

Franklin Karp

Franklin is the COO for Audio Video Systems in Plainview, NY - one of the premier custom integration technology firms in the country. He was previously the CEO for Harvey Electronics, a leading hi-end consumer technology retail chain in the NYC area.

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