Subject: Conflict (Page 2)

During the feminist seventies men were caught between a rock and a hard-on; in the fathering eighties they are caught between good hugs and bad hugs.

(1936 – ) novelist, essayist & columnist

A gun is not a weapon, it's a tool, like a hammer or a screwdriver or an alligator.

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)

For my birthday I got a humidifier and a dehumidifier… I put them in the same room and let them fight it out.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Kleptomaniac: A person who helps himself because he can't help himself.

(1915 – 1994) American actor

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

My parents only had one argument in forty-five years; it lasted forty-three years.

American stand-up comedian, television writer & actor

Shoplifter Who Soiled Clothes Fails to Wipe Record Clean

You might be a redneck if… you got into a fistfight at your last yard sale.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

The bigger they are, the harder they hit.

My Dad always told me there’s three things you need to have in the boot of your car: a blanket, a shovel and a flask; and he’s right – because whenever I’ve killed a man I’m parched.

(1975 – ) English comedian

When everyone is against you, it means that you are absolutely wrong – or absolutely right.

(1863 – 1923) French playwright

Sometimes I think war is God’s way of teaching us geography.

(1955 – ) Mexican-American comedian & actor

When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it’s best to let him run.

(1809 – 1865) 16th U.S. president

The best ally you can have in breaking up a street fight is a grandmother.

(John Bloom) (1953 – ) American film critic, writer & actor

It's possible to disagree with someone about the ethics of non-violence without wanting to kick his face in.

(1946 – ) British playwright, screen writer & film director

Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter

What’s a Jewish mobster?… ‘I’m going to break the legs of your therapist.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

Never argue with a man who buys ink by the barrel.

The scariest guy in prison is the white guy… because he's guilty.

American comedian

I don’t have to attend every argument I’m invited to.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

If it weren’t for marriage, husband and wives would have to fight with strangers.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor