Subject: Emotions (Page 12)

The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth.

(1882 – 1958) drama critic, editor

I wear my heart on my sleeve… I wear my liver on my pant leg.


My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

The Englishman who has lost his fortune is said to have died of a broken heart.

(1803 – 1882) essayist, poet, & philosopher

Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it.

(1935 – ) screenwriter, author, director & producer

There are still parts of Wales where the only concession to gaiety is a striped shroud.

(1913 – 1981) Welsh writer

Happiness is… finding two olives in your martini when you’re hungry.

(1925 – 2005) television host

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

At my age flowers scare me.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

There is no more embarrassing thing in my life that the fact that I have actually uttered the phrase, “I would like to order the Ginsu Knife.”

(1954 – ) comedian & television actor

This weekend I pulled a muscle in my cheeks trying to smile.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

She was as mad as a wet blanket.

(1908 – 1997) German-born teacher, academic & humorist

You can do what you want, but saving love doesn't bring any interest.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most embarrassment will be the one to

We had a lot in common; I loved him and he loved him.

(1920 – 2006) American actress

Love: Oceans of emotions surrounded by expanses of expenses.

If you can eat anything you want to, what’s the fun in eating anything you want to?

(1956 – ) American movie actor

I’m afraid of sharks – but only in a water situation.

(1973 – ) American comedian

My wife and I were happy for twenty years… before we met.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

New Jersey is to America as America is to the world.

(1977 – ) American television producer, writer & comedian

They laughed when I said I was going to be a comedian; well, they’re not laughing now.

(1928 – 2003) English entertainer