Subject: People (Page 88)

If a deaf person swears, does his mother wash his hands with soap?

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

Deploring change is the unchangeable habit of all Englishmen.

(1896 – 1971) English socialist, author, journalist, editor & gourmet

Why is it called tourist season if we can't shoot at them?

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

I chased a woman for almost two years only to discover her tastes were exactly like mine – we were both crazy about girls.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

I can do some things now that I couldn't do when I was 17, like date high school girls.

(1955 – ) American stand-up comedian

Even at school they thought I had special powers; what was the phrase… ‘Constant super-vision.’

(1964 – ) English comedian

The problem with the common person is that he is so unbearably common!

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

I had a girlfriend that was so fat she wore a "Cross Your Thighs" bra.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Why is the winner of the Miss Universe contest always from Earth?

(1954 – ) American comedian, writer & musician

I'm trying to find one woman that I can spend the rest of this weekend with.

American comedian

The public is always wrong.

Sometimes people have had terrible childhoods… and sometimes they just haven’t found their special place in life… and sometimes they’re dogs from hell and must be destroyed.

(1912 – 1988) American cartoonist (The Addams Family)

People who say they don't care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don't care what people think.

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

An expert is someone called in at the last minute to share the blame.

(1920 – 2001) American writer & humorist

There are three kinds of people… those who can count & those who can't.

Dick Cheney says he loves California… out here the rich and famous can shoot people and get away with it.

(1950 – ) comedian & television host

If this is airing in the future and no one knows who Karl Rove is — he’s the reason you all live underground.

(1974 – ) Russian-born American comedian, writer & filmmaker

The scariest guy in prison is the white guy… because he's guilty.

American comedian

Until I was 13, I thought my name was ‘Shut Up.’

(1943 – ) American football player

As soon as they get married, they all get these big old guts on them; that's not from drinking beer – that's from swallowing pride.

stand-up comedian

My face looks like a wedding cake left out in the rain.


(1907 – 1973) poet & critic