Subject: Communication » Language (Page 3)

I hope God speaks English; if I get up to heaven and have to point at a menu, I'm gonna be pissed.

(1975 – ) American stand-up comedian & television host

Definition: A statement intended to put a word in its place.

Cynic: A man who sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn’t study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people.

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

Latin Course To Be Canceled – No Interest Among Students, et al.

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

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

I got a new job stitching shoes; it was so-so.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Four-letter Word: Par for the coarse.

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”

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

Its important to use apostrophe's right.

I wouldn't touch the metric measuring system with a 3.048m pole.

If “con” is the opposite of "pro," then isn’t Congress the opposite of progress?

(1962 – ) American political satirist, writer, television host & comedian

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Democracy: In which you say what you like and do what you're told.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Abstainer: A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Cat: A soft, indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when things go wrong in the domestic circle.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

I sometimes throw in a couple of swears just to keep the Christian right off my tail; I wouldn’t want to be the tea party’s go-to comedian.

(1970 –) American stand-up comedian

Diagnosis: A physician's forecast of the disease by the patient's pulse and purse.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

I, of course, don’t have an accent; this is just how things sound when they are pronounced properly.

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

I went to my local library yesterday, and asked: “Have you got a book on handling rejection without killing?”

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Spanish? I thought they were just English words I didn't know.

(1971 – ) American actress