Subject: Places (Page 23)

Home: A place where man goes to raise a fuss because something went wrong at the office.

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

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Texas has a lot of electrical votes.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

It sounds like typewriters eating tin foil being kicked down the stairs.

(1971 – ) Irish comedian, actor & writer

I live in a neighborhood so bad that you can get shot while getting shot.

(1965 – ) comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer & director

If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.

(1923 – 1964) Irish poet, short story writer, novelist & playwright

France has neither winter nor summer nor morals; apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

From the prairies, to the oceans, wide with foam.

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

I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

The people of Crete, unfortunately, make more history than they can consume locally.

(1870 – 1916) British writer

In Hollywood a marriage is a success if it outlasts milk.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of publicity.

(1924 – 2014) American actress & model

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

I went to San Francisco; I found someone's heart.


You're looking at a very proud Canadian who is very proud of the educational system in Canadia.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

At 19 miles, when most runners run out of steam and you hit what they call ‘the wall,’ is the exact moment you cross into the South Bronx; so here, they combine running and fleeing.

(1959 – ) American comedian, comedy writer, actor & author

New York… when civilization falls apart, remember, we were way ahead of you.

(1947 – ) comedian & television host

You could go out at four in the morning, after a nuclear bomb destroys the entire eastern seaboard, and the Triborough Bridge would be jammed.

(1960 – ) American comedian

Florida: God's waiting room.

The British tourist is always happy abroad as long as the natives are waiters.

(1908 – 1992) English actor

The last person to get across that town in under three hours was yelling, 'The British are coming! The British are coming!'

(1948 – ) stand-up comedian, actor, author & playwright