Subject: Appearance (Page 16)

Every woman should marry an archaeologist because she grows increasingly attractive to him as she grows increasingly to resemble a ruin.

(1890 – 1976) British crime writer of novels, short stories & plays

I once walked in on my grandparents making love… and that’s why I don’t eat raisins.

(1969 – ) comedian & actor

T-shirts that get you out of jury duty will not get you through air port security.

(1956 – ) American comedian

The fashion magazines are suggesting that women wear clothes that are ‘age appropriate’ … for me that would be a shroud.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

There are three acceptable haircuts: high and tight, crew cut, buzz cut.

(1970 – ) American actor, writer & carpenter

I recently had my annual physical examination, which I get once every seven years, and when the nurse weighed me, I was shocked to discover how much stronger the Earth's gravitational pull has become since 1990.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

My wife met me at the door the other night in a sexy negligee; unfortunately, she was just coming home.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

They should put expiration dates on clothing so we men will know when they go out of style.

(1949 – 2016) American comedian & television actor

Does this sign make my butt look fat?

Americans like fat books and thin women.

(1925 – ) columnist & journalist

It's hard to feel fit as a fiddle when you're shaped like a cello.

American basketball coach & executive

Lady Astor to Churchill: ‘Sir you’re drunk!’

Churchill’s reply: Yes, madam, I am drunk, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.

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

If you have a funny costume, you can’t really wear it when you get older.

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

Nancy Reagan fell down and broke her hair.

(1925 – 2005) television host

Marrying a man is like buying something you've been admiring for a long time in a shop window; you may love it when you get it home, but it doesn't always go with everything else in the house.

(1922 – 2003) author & playwright

He was a man of great statue.

There is nothing so unbecoming on the beach as a wet kilt.

I had a girlfriend that was so fat she had her own postal code.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

He looked like a half-melted rubber bulldog.

(1925 – ) American author and literary, theater & film critic

Falsies: Making mountains out of molehills.

If you want to know what you’ll look like in ten years, look in the mirror after you’ve run a marathon.

American cardiologist & marathoner