Subject: Communication » Language (Page 13)

Good things don’t end in ‘eum,’ they end in ‘mania’…or ‘teria’.

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)

A lady with a clipboard stopped me in the street the other day; she said, "Can you spare a few minutes for cancer research?" I said, All right, but we're not going to get much done.

(1972 – ) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer & actor

1. All's well that ends.
2. A penny saved is a penny.
3. Don't leave things unfinishe

Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.

Eloquence: The art of saying the proper thing and stopping.

(1613 – 1680) French writer

You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

My sister has just married a Chinese billionaire… Cha Ching!

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Aardvark: In the beginning was the word. And the word was ‘Aardvark.’

Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted.

(1887 – 1964) British actor, writer & theater director

Status quo, you know, that is Latin for the mess we’re in.

(1911 – 2004) 40th U.S. president & actor

A cure for agoraphobics is just around the corner.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Patience: A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

I'm gonna fix that last joke by taking out all the words and adding new ones.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession.

(1919 – 1988) American diplomat & educator

Dyselxics Have More Nuf.

Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?

Journalists say a thing that they know isn’t true, in the hope that if they keep on saying it long enough it will be true.

1867 – 1931) English novelist

Men get laid, but women get screwed.

(1908 – 1999) English writer

And always remember the last words of my grandfather, who said, “A truck!”

(1956 – ) American comedian

Quotation: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist