Subject: People (Page 21)

Americans: People with more time-saving devices and less time than any other people in the world.

Definitions People

Hermits have no peer pressure.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer
People

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

(1889 – 1966) American humorist, writer, illustrator & cartoonist
Intelligence People

Personally, I think that if a woman hasn’t met the right man by the time she’s twenty-four, she may be lucky.

(1921 – 2007) Scottish-born actress
Men People Relationships Women

A woman telling her true age is like a buyer confiding his final price to an Armenian rug dealer.

(1913 – 1983) journalist & author
Age People Women

There’s only one thing I can’t do that white people can do, and that’s play pranks at international airports.

British-Asian comedian
People Self Situations

Authority tends to assign jobs to those least able to do them.

Murphy’s Laws People Work

I’d rather have an inch of a dog than miles of pedigree.

Animals Characteristics People

When I was about 8 or 9, I was a massive Michael Jackson fan and I wish I had known at the time that I was his type.

(1972 – ) Scottish comedian
People

One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor
Characteristics People

Eskimos: God’s frozen people.

Definitions People

Rosten’s First Law: First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.

(1908 – 1997) German-born teacher, academic & humorist
Murphy’s Laws People Work

Your true value depends entirely on what you are compared with.

(1966 – ) American magazine editor
Individuals People Situations

The bigger the man, the less likely he is to object to caricature.

Murphy’s Laws People

I judge how much a man cares for a woman by the space he allots her under a jointly shared umbrella.

(1909 – 1973) American sports journalist
Men Sports

When women can't climax, it's our fault, but when we can't get an erection, we have to go to the doctor.

(1967 – ) Honduran-born American comedian, writer & actor
Men People Sex Women

Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth.

(1717 – 1797) English art historian, antiquarian & politician
People

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet
Men People Women

Germans are flummoxed by humor, the Swiss have no concept of fun, the Spanish think there is nothing at all ridiculous about eating dinner at midnight, and the Italians should never, ever have been let in on the invention of the motor car.

American author
Insults People Places

Ya back home they call me the tie-dye shirt kid… well that and ‘faggot.'

American comedian
People Self

Glutton: A person who takes the piece of French pastry you wanted.

Definitions Eating Food/Drink People