Subject: Places (Page 28)

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
America Intelligence Places

In Ireland the inevitable never happens and the unexpected constantly occurs.

(1839 – 1919) Irish writer
Places

Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist
America Places Science/Weather

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.

Places Proverbs

Some people say Birmingham looks great in the summer. I reckon it looks better in the rear view mirror.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer
Insults Places

Hollywood is bounded on the north, south, east and west by agents.

(1904 – 1999) author, editor, radio host
Hollywood Places

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host
America Intelligence Language Military Places

New York is an exciting town where something is happening all the time… most unsolved.

(1925 – 2005) television host
Conflict New York City Places

I swam in the dead sea when it was only critically ill.

(1928 – 2003) English entertainer
Activities Health Places

Ten men in the country could buy the world and ten million can’t buy enough to eat.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator
America Money People Places Poverty

It is wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician
Communication Misspokements Places Speech

Small Town: A place where everybody knows the troubles you’ve seen.

Definitions Places

Being a screenwriter in Hollywood is like being a eunuch at an orgy.

(1947 — ) American actor, writer, comedian & director
Entertainment Hollywood Places

In England there are sixty different religions and only one sauce.

(1563 – 1608) Italian Catholic priest
Beliefs Cooking England Food/Drink Places Religion

The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest.

(1922 – 2007) American novelist
Housework Places

The splendor of an editor's speech and the splendor of his newspaper are inversely related to the distance between the city in which he makes his speech and the city in which he publishes his paper.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Places Reading/Writing Speech

Toronto is a kind of New York operated by the Swiss.

(1921 – 2004) English actor & author
Places

The way I understand it, the Russians are sort of a combination of evil and incompetence… sort of like the Post Office with tanks.

(1956 – ) American comedian
Characteristics People Places

New York, the nation's thyroid gland.

(1890 – 1957) author & journalist
New York City Places

A farm is an irregular patch of nettles bounded by short-term notes, containing a fool and his wife who didn’t know enough to stay in the city.

(1904 – 1979) Jewish-American humorist, author & screenwriter
Definitions Places Things

Zoo: A place of refuge where wild animals are protected from people.

Animals Definitions Places