Subject: People (Page 25)

The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you kill them.


Specialists are people who always repeat the same mistakes.

(1883 – 1969) German architect & founder of the Bauhaus School

Nobody ever lost a dollar by underestimating the taste of the American public.

(1810 – 1891) American politician, showman & businessman

I like going to the park and watching the children run and jump around, because you see, they don't know I'm using blanks.

(1956 – ) American comedian

Men – because of a tragic flaw – cannot see dirt until there is enough of it to support agriculture.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

The English are not very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Redneck: Popular term for a rustic male, but rarely employed when addressing one in person.

(1950 – ) American author, satirist, webmaster & copywriter

Bureaucrat: A Democrat who holds an office that a Republican wants.

Sidesaddle: How men, rather than women, would ride in a truly logical world.

Here's to our wives and girlfriends… may they never meet!

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Don't give a woman advice; one should never give a woman anything she can't wear in the evening.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

Only when one has lost all curiosity about the future has one reached the age to write an autobiography.

(1903 – 1966) English writer

Self-abuse is the sincerest kind.

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author

Don't worry if you're a kleptomaniac, you can always take something for it.

Women love scallywags, but some marry them and then try to make them wear a blazer.

(1938 – ) English fashion & portrait photographer

You might be a redneck if… your underwear doubles as your bathing suit.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

You may be a redneck if you have spent more on your pickup truck than on your education.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

I was such a nerd in high school, I didn't even have imaginary friends, I had imaginary bullies.

(1966 – ) American actor, musician & comedian

Every revolutionary idea – in Science, Politics, Art or whatever – evokes three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the three phrases: 1. It is completely impossible; don't waste my time. 2. It is possible, but it is not worth doing. 3. I said it was a good idea all along.

[My husband] can't stand to see trash & garbage lying around the house… he can't stand the competition.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress