Subject: People (Page 34)

That's why the men's department is usually on the first floor of a department store, two inches from the door.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

My mother had morning sickness after I was born.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

The chief excitement in a woman's life is spotting women who are fatter than she is.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

It's hard to be nice to some paranoid schizophrenics just because she lives in your body.

(1956 – ) American entertainer & comedian

A gentleman never swears at his wife when ladies are present.

Nobody really cares or understands what anyone else is doing.

They laughed at Edison and Einstein, but somehow I still feel uncomfortable when they laugh at me.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

Football is all very well a good game for rough girls, but not for delicate boys.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

Make sure to be in with your equals if you’re going to fall out with your superiors.

… the Women’s Lubrication Movement.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

When I was a Republican, Saddam Hussein was our ally, George Bush owned a mediocre baseball team, Enron was a respected energy company and Michael Jackson was still black.

(1950 – ) Greek American author, columnist & website co-founder

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

Hell is easy to define; it would be spending eternity with Evangelicals.

American judge & lawyer

My ancestors didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they were there to meet the boat.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

Saint: A dead sinner, revised and edited.

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

I meet so many people; I don’t even know some of my friend’s names.

(1981 – ) heiress, socialite, media personality & model

Barack Obama's approval ratings are so low there is talk of replacing him with Jay Leno.

(1961 – ) American stand-up comedian

People become progressively less competent for jobs they once were well equipped to handle.

Love is what happens to a man and woman who don't know each other.

(1874 – 1965) English dramatist & novelist

It’s a funny thing that when a man hasn’t anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married.

(1874 – 1963) American poet