2000 Insults for All Occasions Paperback - 1976

First line

Repartee has been defined as saying what you think after becoming a departee; saying as quick as a flash what you didn't say until next morning.

From the rear cover

"Classified by subject-- from 'Big Heads' through 'Nudists' to 'Squelches'-- this tongue-in-cheeck reference romp is guaranteed to put the right retort in the right head at the right time." --(Dr. Frederick Shroyer, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner)

"When I am not rolling on the floor I am asking myself where Safian found all those insults to compile." --(Wes Lawrence, Cleveland Plain Dealer)

"Ought to come in handy, sooner or later, for anybody." --(Chicago Daily News)

"Too many bright sayings occur to us the day after they've needed. With this book you'll be fortified with a whole arsenal of remarks, ranging from mild to caustic, depending upon the need, to use in disposing of bores or squelching the quarrelsome and pompous." --(Sioux Falls Argus-Leader)

"Here is an amazing anthology of insults and near-insults that should delight the heart of any sales manager who'd like to communicate with his salesman more forcefully-- or add zest to his speeches." --(The Sales Executive)

"The most intriguing book of the year." --(Art Goodwin, WHEN-TV)

"My girls have trouble remembering one jot of their homework. I'll bet they can recite that book from cover to cover." --(Jim Bishop, King Features Syndicate)

"Just what the doctor ordered. Memorize enough of these and you can be the wit of the party." (John Barkham, Saturday Review Syndicate)