Subject: Places (Page 22)

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

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

Given the unlikely options of attending a funeral or a sex orgy, a true Irishman will always opt for the funeral.

(1928 – 2002) Irish playwright, novelist & essayist

The only time the world beats a path to your door is when you are in the bathroom.

Zoo: A place devised for animals to study the habits of human beings.

(1863 – 1935) British-born American writer, artist & illustrator

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

(1968 – ) English comedian & television personality

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

Africa is God's country, and He can have it.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

I can never forgive God for having created the French.

(1921 – 2004) English actor & author

If you think the world is against you – it doesn't necessarily mean that it isn't.

I asked the barmaid for a quickie; the man next to me said, 'It's pronounced quiche.'


The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest.

(1922 – 2007) American novelist

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

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

I'm working on a marketing slogan for Saudi Arabia: What happens in Riyadh stays in Riyadh… with your hands

comedian

Thank God we're living in a country where the sky's the limit, the stores are open late and you can shop in bed thanks to television.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

Even the police have an unlisted number.

(1908 – 1996) actor & comedian

Canada is all right really, though not for the whole weekend.

(1870 – 1916) British writer

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author

We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Berlioz, musically speaking, is a lunatic; a classical composer only in Paris, the great city of quacks.

A lot of rich women seeing how small they can get their dogs.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

President Bush has just one question for the American voters: is the rich person you're working for better off now than they were 4 years ago?

(1950 – ) comedian & television host