Winston Churchill on Whisky
Sir Winston Churchill was once asked about his position on whisky. Here`s how he answered: "If you mean whisky, the devil`s brew, the poison scourge, the bloody monster that...
I'm Proud of My Father
On his first day in office, as President Abraham Lincoln entered to give his inaugural address, one man stood up. He was a rich aristocrat. He said, "Mr. Lincoln...
I acted with Katharine Hepburn
Hollywood actor Christopher Reeve made a reply one night to host James Lipton on the Bravo TV program "Inside the Actor`s Studio". When Reeve was asked what it was liked to have acted with Katharine Hepburn...
Dorothy Parker
In the 1920s, Dorothy Parker was establishing a reputation as a witty woman with a sharp tongue (the actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell called her, "My pretty, pretty cobra...
Mahatma Gandhi
Some of history`s greatest replies come from people we don`t usually associate with great wit...
Pope John XXIII
One of the few pontiffs in history with a rich sense of humor, Pope John XXIII once reported to an interviewer that important problems would frequently come to mind...
George Bernard Shaw
After the opening performance of Arms and the Man in London in 1894, playwright George Bernard Shaw joined the actors on stage to acknowledge a rousing, appreciative ovation...
My Best Side...
Alfred Hitchcock`s 1944 film "Lifeboat," a drama about eight survivors of a freighter sunk by a German U-Boat, was one of the most popular films of the year...
Get me a Battleship
After lunching at the Algonquin Hotel, Robert Benchley walked through the lobby, out the front door, and said to the uniformed man on the sidewalk, "My good man...
Slow Poison
When a man at a party once told Robert Benchley that the drink he was holding in his hand was slow poison...