Subject: People (Page 117)

The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.

(1934 – ) writer & editor

As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Nature abhors a virgin – a frozen asset.

(1903 – 1987 diplomat, playwright, journalist & politician

I love mankind – it's people I can't stand.

cartoon character in, Peanuts, by Charles Schulz (1922 – 2000)

Sometimes when I’m bored, I like to people watch… and I got to a touristy area and I play this game I just made up; I call it “Lesbian or Midwestern?”

Canadian-American comedian & writer

I like men… as a concept.

(1957 – ) British stand-up comedian

You fantasize about a man with a Park Avenue apartment and a nice big stock portfolio; for me, it’s a fireman with a nice big hose.

(1956 – ) English-Canadian actress

Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself.

(1952 – ) comedian, actress & writer

You might be a redneck if… your aunt and your grandmother went to the funeral and had a fight over who gets to be the widow.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

What is this, an audience or an oil painting?

(1908 – 2002) comedian, radio & television actor

Philosophers: People who talk about something they don’t understand, and make you think it’s your fault.

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Sometimes I think [my writing] sounds like I walked out of the room and left the typewriter running.

(1890 – 1960) journalist, author & dramatist

Vegetarian: A good salad citizen.

I’m not only Iranian, I’m also Jewish, and I know what you’re thinking… you’re thinking, ‘Wow, he’s Iranian and Jewish; I don’t know if I should hate him or hate him.’

American standup-comedian

I once heard two ladies going on and on about the pains of childbirth and how men don’t seem to know what real pain is; I asked if either of them ever got themselves caught in a zipper.

(1956 – ) American comedian

I didn't know he was dead; I thought he was British.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

Wearing a turtleneck is like getting strangled by a really weak guy all day.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

It's pretty much a bunch of people who don't live in a trailer park, yet like to vacation there.

comedian

Marriage is a mistake every man should make.

(1898 – 1981) actor, singer, songwriter & movie producer

You might be a redneck if… you own a Waffle House credit card.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality