Subject: Places » World (Page 2)

The earth is a used Kleenex on the universe's nightstand.

(1959 – ) American stand-up comedian, actor & writer

I know the world isn’t fair, but why isn’t it ever unfair in my favor?

(1955 – ) cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes)

If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.

1944) is an American writer & screenwriter

The world is a dangerous place; only yesterday I went into [a store] and punched someone in the face.

English musician, actor, writer & comedian

Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for women.

(1879 – 1964) British politician

The world is round; it has no point.

writer, humorist, columnist & speaker

I have a large seashell collection, which I keep scattered on beaches all over the world.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

The world is a place that’s gone from being flat to round to crooked.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

Maybe this world is another planet's Hell.

(1894 – 1963) English writer

The world gets better every day – then worse again in the evening.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

In a perfect world, a fair world, Bob Hayes should be forced to carry a small calf on his shoulder when he runs the dashes…Mark Spitz, in all fairness, would swim with a sea anchor…[and] Ella Fitzgerald must sing every note with a mouth full of Tootsie Rolls.

(1919 – ) American sportswriter

World: A place that was built in six days – and looks it.

Last night I fell asleep in a satellite dish… my dreams were broadcast all over the world.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

(1908 – 1999) English writer

We’re going to have the best-educated American people in the world.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator

The more underdeveloped the country, the more overdeveloped the women.

It's not the end of the world, but you can see it from there.

(1942 – ) Canadian politician

It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that.

(1936 – ) American actor, director & screenwriter