Subject: Places (Page 15)

Everybody wants to save the earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist

The whole world is turning into a regular Sodom and Glocca Morra.

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

Running for senator in New York is like bobbing for piranhas.

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor

I have a large seashell collection, which I keep scattered on beaches all over the world.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

It was a small town: Ferguson, Ohio: when you entered there was a big sign and it said, “Welcome to Ferguson… Beware of the Dog.”

(1924 – 1987) American stand-up ‘deadpan’ comedian and actor

As a nation we are dedicated to keeping physically fit – and parking as close to the stadium as possible.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor

The Jews celebrate Passover by eating unpalatable food to remind them what will happen to their people if they ever leave New York City.

(1962 – ) American political satirist, writer, television host & comedian

It's the only place in the world where you walk in and the first thing you do is steal everything before you take your coat off.

(1971 – ) Irish comedian, actor & writer

They're mad because they lost the Revolutionary War, and they should be, because there was only like nine of us.

(1970 – ) American actor, producer & stand up comedian

America: Twenty million illegal aliens can’t be wrong!”

(1957 – 2007) American stand-up comedian & actor

Dubai is what would happen if you gave a 12-year-old a trillion dollars to redecorate his bedroom.

(1619 – 1683) French statesman

I’ve been to all 50 states, and traveled this whole country, and 90 percent of the people are good folks; the rest of them take after the other side of the family.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

England, the heart of a rabbit in the body of a lion.

The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

No matter where you are, there you are.

If Moses would have walked two more miles, we'd have all the oil.

(1957 – ) American comedian

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

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Hollywood is a sewer with service from the Ritz Carlton.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroaching on each other.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

America is one long expectoration.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

I've always tried to be a good American citizen, so I have made it a point not to learn any other language but English.

stand-up comedian