Subject: Places (Page 24)

The all-night drugstore closed at noon.

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

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

The Irish… don’t care for clean government; they want Irish government.

(1869 – 1944) Canadian economist & humorist

I like American women; they do things sexually Russian girls never dream of doing… like showering.

(1951 – ) Soviet-American comedian

In an underdeveloped country, don't drink the water; in a developed country, don't breathe the air.

(1942 – ) British travel writer & novelist

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

American comedian

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

(1924 – 2014) American actress & model

1. Nothing is ever so bad it can't be made worse by firing the coach. 2. A free agent is anything but. 3. Whatever can go to New York will..

If the banks are so friendly, how come they chain down the pens?

(1927 – 2004) American comedian & actor

The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number seventy-nine.

(1952 – 2001) English writer, dramatist, & musician

No one ever went broke in Hollywood underestimating the intelligence of the public.

(1883 – 1963) American writer & hostess

The only place in the world where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing a ladder.

(1897-1962) American writer

I get to go to lots of overseas places… like Canada.

(1981 – ) American singer

Drug Kingpin Amado Fuentes died from 9 hours of liposuction and plastic surgery – or, as it's commonly known here in Beverly Hills, natural causes.

(1956 – ) comedian, television host, social critic & political commentator

The more underdeveloped the country, the more overdeveloped the women.

Go to L.A. – they got gangbangers that will stab you, and then go to the corner and wait for the light to turn green.

American stand-up comedian

Dick Cheney says he loves California… out here the rich and famous can shoot people and get away with it.

(1950 – ) comedian & television host

The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

They've great respect for the dead in Hollywood, but none for the living.

(1909 – 1959) Australian-born American actor

A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

There is no question that there is an unseen world; the problem is, how far is it from midtown and how late is it open?

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian