Subject: People (Page 22)

Mendoza: I am a brigand: I live by robbing the rich.

Tanner: I am a gentleman: I live by robbing the poor.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
Money People

My first job consisted of me answering a phone… but it wasn't for me.

British comedian
Occupations Self Work

Despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, I have not yet been able to answer the great question that has never been answered: What does a woman want?

(1856 – 1939) Austrian neurologist, father of psychoanalysis
Women

Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love; the poor know that it is money.

(1894 – 1987) British writer
Emotions Love Money People Wealth

No woman has ever so comforted the distressed—or so distressed the comfortable.

(1903 – 1987 diplomat, playwright, journalist & politician
People

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

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress
Appearance Conflict Crime People Self Ugly

People don't change; they only become more so.

Murphy’s Laws People

White folks love everything about black culture, except the blacks.

American stand-up comedian
People

It’s easier to find a traveling companion than to get rid of one.

(1925 – 2007) humorist & columnist
Activities People Travel

Zoo: A place devised for animals to study the habits of human beings.

(1863 – 1935) British-born American writer, artist & illustrator
Animals Definitions People Places

Unbeknownst to most historians, Einstein started down the road of professional basketball before an ankle injury diverted him to science.

(1950 – ) American cartoonist The Far Side
People Science/Weather

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

comedian
Activities People

All dogs look up to you; all cats look down to you… only the pig looks at you as an equal.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator
Animals Cats Dogs People

My ex-girlfriend had a really weird fetish; she used to like to dress up as herself and then act like a bitch all the time.

American comedian
Girlfriends People

So, have you noticed there aren't a lot of Chinese guys named Rusty?

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

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

Hermits have no peer pressure.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer
People

I've never been married, but I tell people I'm divorced so they won't think something's wrong with me.

(1952 – ) comedian
Marriage People Self

Radical: Anyone whose opinion differs from ours.

Beliefs Definitions People

I never met a man I didn't like until I met Will Rogers.

(1927 – ) Canadian-born American comedian & actor
People

Society honors its living conformists and its dead troublemakers.

(1913 – 1983) journalist & author
People Relationships