Subject: Places (Page 18)

Washington is a much better place if you are asking questions rather than answering them.

'Bush and Son: Leading America to War Since 1990.'

(1969 – ) American actress, comedian, producer & writer

Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion.


(1934 – 2012) American army general

If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.

1944) is an American writer & screenwriter

The world is a dangerous place; only yesterday I went into [a store] and punched someone in the face.

English musician, actor, writer & comedian

I bet The Walking Deadgets really low ratings out in Montana, just because all they need to do is look out their f••king window, am I right?

(1968 – ) American stand-up comedian

When I go to the beauty parlor, I always use the emergency entrance.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

We do not go in for philosophy in this country… we have our own system… it’s called wondering.

(1968 – ) English comedian & television personality

It's so cold here in Washington, D.C., that politicians have their hands in their own pockets.

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

For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount of time standing around in line in front of windows, just waiting.

(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist

I come from Calcutta: in the UK you drive on the left of the road, in Calcutta we drive on what is left of the road.

Indian comedian

In New York every rainbow has an empty pot of gold at the end with a chalk outline of a dead leprechaun.

American radio and television personality, comedian & speaker

I am going to hell and I'm looking forward to it… I'll finally get to meet Madonna.

(1965 – ) American comedian

Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

In Los Angeles, by the time you’re 35, you’re older than most of the buildings.

(1941 – 2012) American novelist, producer, screenwriter & director

In any world menu, Canada must be considered the vichyssoise of nations – it's cold, half-French, and difficult to stir.

(1913 – 1987) Canadian journalist

The Irish people do not gladly suffer common sense.

(1878 – 1957) Irish poet, author, athlete & politician

I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn’t study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people.

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

We have a President, perhaps for the very first time since the founding of our republic, who doesn’t appear to believe that America is the greatest earthly force for good the world has ever known.

(1964 – ) U.S. governor (Alaska) commentator & author

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

I came from a real tough neighborhood; in the local restaurant I sat down and had broken leg of lamb.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor