Subject: Communication

The play was a great success, but the audience was a disaster.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

Two old maids on a beach, streaker ran past… one had a stroke, the other one couldn't reach.

(1930 – 2007) English comedian & nightclub owner

There is nothing so annoying as to have two people talking when you're busy interrupting.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

The wise man has long ears and a short tongue.

A synonym is a word you use when you can’t spell the other one.


I always say beauty is only sin deep.

(1870 – 1916) British writer

Don't use a run-on sentence you got to punctuate it.

I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better.

(1904 – 1963) American journalist

Yeah, I tried to see it from your point of view, but I couldn’t get my head that far up my ass.

(1965 – ) comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer & director

No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.

(1882 – 1961) politician

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

Is there another word for synonym?

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

You look like a talent scout for a cemetery.

(1906 – 1998) English-born American comedian

Women should be obscene and not heard.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Penicillin: What to give a man who has everything.

A critic is a man who knows the way but can’t drive the car.

(1927 – 1980) English theatre critic & writer

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

What does the word 'meteorologist' mean in English?… it means liar.

(1948 – ) stand-up comedian, actor, author & playwright

If I wanted you to know what I’m thinking, I’d be talking.

(1946 – ) American actor

The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet.

(1918 – 2002) advice columnist

If Bing Crosby was great, imagine how good Google Crosby would have been.

(1973 – ) English writer & stand-up comedian