Subject: Conflict (Page 14)

I don't want to get so famous to where the guy who shoots me becomes famous.

(1964 – ) American stand-up comedian

It's the only place in the world where you walk in and the first thing you do is steal everything before you take your coat off.

(1971 – ) Irish comedian, actor & writer

Kleptomaniac: A thief with breeding.

(1950 – ) American author, satirist, webmaster & copywriter

Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.

She changes prices. I caught her in a near misdemeanus.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

He scored hockey by the number of fights. If you lost seven to one, but won five fights, he figured you won the game.

Canadian businessman, sportsman & owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs

I'm the only woman who can walk in Central Park at night… and reduce the crime rate.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules.

English author, actor, humorist & playwright

Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

My wife and I had words – but I never got to use mine.

Crime does not pay… as well as politics.

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

One good reason to only maintain a small circle of friends is that three out of four murders are committed by people who know the victim.

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

Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.

Carl Sandburg (1878 – 1967) biographer & poet

My luck is getting worse and worse.. last night, for instance, I was mugged by a Quaker.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

Here's to Johnny quite a guy. Very sad he had to die. All was well could not be better, Till he wrote my girl a letter.

I haven't committed a crime; what I did was fail to comply with the law.

(1927 – ) American mayor (New York City)

Alcohol killed my first wife… I got home drunk one night and shot her.

(1948 – ) British stand-up comedian

McVeigh's lawyer got him the death penalty, which, quite frankly, I could have done.

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

I believe that forgiving them is God’s function; our job is to arrange the meeting.

(1934 – 2012) United States Army general

Interviewer: Can you imagine yourself killing another human.

Sedaris: Not a stranger.

(1956 – ) American humorist, comedian & author