Subject: Places (Page 43)

He was from Thailand or some other erotic place.

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

There are only three ages for women in Hollywood – Babe, District Attorney, and Driving Miss Daisy.

(1945 – ) American actress, film director & producer

I enjoy being in America: it's fun, you know, because you have, you have so many things we never had in Russia — like warning shots.

(1951 – ) Soviet-American comedian

My dad is Irish and my mum is Iranian, which meant that we spent most of our family holidays in Customs.

(1969 – ) American singer-songwriter & musician

Un-American: Wicked, intolerable, heathenish.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

In Montana, a policeman will pull you over because he’s lonely.

(1954 – ) American comedian, writer & musician

They added up all the people in this country who consider themselves a minority and it added up to more than the population of the country.

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

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

When it’s three o’clock in New York, it’s still 1938 in London.

(1945 – ) singer, actress & comedian

If you ever thought you were ugly, Los Angeles is the place to come and find out you were right.

(1957 – 2007) American stand-up comedian & actor

In Tulsa, restaurants have signs that say, 'Sorry, we're open.’

(1952 – ) comedian, actress & writer

I’ve been here (Los Angeles) eight months; I have been in two earthquakes, a race riot, floods and fires, and I left New York because I couldn't handle my mother.

comedian & television writer

The earth is a used Kleenex on the universe's nightstand.

(1959 – ) American stand-up comedian, actor & writer

In New England there are three times of year… either winter has just been, or winter is coming, or it’s winter.

American author

Ignorant people in preppy clothes are more dangerous to America than oil embargoes.

(1932 – ) Trinidad-born British 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

I love Mexico because it’s a giant dollar store.

(1965 – ) American comedian

I'd rather be a lamppost in Denver than the mayor of Philadelphia.

American professional boxer

Addresses: Items given to us to conceal our whereabouts.

(1870 – 1916) British writer

Traffic signals in New York are just rough guidelines.

(1947 – ) comedian & television host