Subject: Places (Page 18)

Part-Time Woman Wanted: What a country… even transvestites can get work.

(1951 – ) Soviet-American comedian

Collectable Spoons of the 3rd Reich

NASA is developing space taxis to shuttle astronauts to the International Space Station; and just like New York taxis… they’re all going to be driven by aliens.

(1974 – ) American comedian, actor, producer & television host

I’m from Chicago, but I pay child support in Seattle; I’m just kidding – I don’t pay child support.

(1975 – ) American comedian, actor & writer

Scotland: A land of meanness, sophistry and lust.

(1788 – 1824) English poet

England and America are two countries separated by a common language.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

I’m so American that I’m barely informed enough to have an opinion, but entitled enough to yell about it.

American comedian

There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in presidents; those are prayer and fishing.

(1929 – 1933) 31st U.S. president, humanitarian

Life in Lubbock, Texas taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you're going to burn in hell; the other is that sex is the most awful, filthy thing on earth, and you should save it for someone you love.

(1945 – ) American country/folk musician & song writer

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

If you persecute somebody just because they might look a little different, then you are no better than our country's founding fathers.

American comedian & writer

The sum of the intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.

The A's leave after this game for Cleveland. It was only by a 13-12 vote that they decided to go.

Oakland A's announcer

According to modern astronomers, space is finite; this is a very comforting thought – particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

Drugs have taught an entire generation of Americans the metric system.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist

L.A. is very dangerous; I carry a gun in my car, that way, in case the police stop me, I can fend them off until the press gets there.

American actor & writer

If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.

(1874 – 1965) English dramatist & novelist

The United States was founded by the brightest people in the country… and we haven’t seen them since.

(1925 – 2012) author, playwright, essayist & screenwriter

Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

American husbands are the best in the world; no other husbands are so generous to their wives, or can be so easily divorced.

(1864 – 1943) English writer

What do you call an honest Iranian businessman? … Asif.

(1965 – ) British-Iranian comedian, actor & writer