WITTY COMMENTS

Noël Coward "I see her as one great stampede of lips directed at the nearest derriere."


"At first I thought he was walking a dog. Then I realized it was his date."
 Edith Massey in "Polyester"

"Her hat is a creation that will never go out of style. It will look ridiculous year after year."
 Fred Allen

"She's so pure, Moses couldn't even part her knees."
 Joan Rivers

"She's been on more laps than a napkin."
 Walter Winchell

She could carry off anything; and some people said that she did.
 Ada Leverson

"A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's. She changes it more often."
 Oliver Herford

"Behind every great man, there is a surprised woman."
 Maryon Pearson

lt seems to be that giving Clive Barnes his CBE for services to the theatre is a bit like giving Goering the DFC for services to the RAF. Alan Bennett on the drama critic for the New York Times.

During the overture you hoped it would be good. During the first number you hoped it would be good. After that you just hoped it would be over. Walter Kerr

JUST A SMALL SELECTION OF SOME RATHER WITTY REMARKS.