Subject: People (Page 83)

Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

Men mourn for what they have lost; women for what they ain't got.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

If she gets a hot flash and walks into a cold room, she can make it rain.

American actor & comedian

A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.

(1866 – 1944) American writer, newspaper columnist, playwright & humorist

Four of us slept in the one bed; when it got cold, mother threw on another brother.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

You may admire a girl's curves on the first introduction, but the second meeting shows up new angles.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

Hey, I don’t get respect from anyone… why, American Airlines thanked me for flying United.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

My husband's penis is like a semicolon… I can't remember what it's for and I never use it anyway.

British comedian

Every time I breathe, they like, ‘Why you breathing so hard?'…So I can live!


Most hard-boiled people are half-baked.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

If you lend someone $20, and never see that person again; it was probably worth it.

Even a sixty-year-old man with no arms thinks he could play in the Super Bowl if he had to.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

Gold Digger: A girl who will date any man that can pass the asset test.

Women are as old as they feel and men are old when they lose their feelings.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

Oaf: An old fashioned jerk.

We may lay down a maxim, that when a nation abounds in physicians it grows thin of people.

(1672 – 1719) English essasyist, poet & politician

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

(1810 – 1891) American politician, showman & businessman

Men are simple things; they can survive a whole weekend with only three things: beer, boxer shorts and batteries for the remote control.

Diana Jordan American humorist & author

You might be a redneck if… your home has more miles on it than your car.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

(1952 – 2001) English writer, dramatist, & musician

Men, I feel, are like wine – before buying, a real connoisseur takes a small sip, and spits them out.

(1936 – 1993) British writer