Subject: Places (Page 8)

They live so deep in the woods they kept possums as yard dogs.

What do you call an honest Iranian businessman? … Asif.

(1965 – ) British-Iranian comedian, actor & writer

The first place to look for anything is the last place you would expect to find it.

There is no doubt in my mind when history was written, the final page will say: Victory was achieved by the United States of America for the good of the world.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

All Englishmen talk as if they’ve got a bushel of plums stuck in their throats, and then after swallowing them get constipated from the pips.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

Mason-Dixon Line: A geographical division between “you all” and “youse guys.”

No matter how many times I visit this great city I'm always struck by the same thing: a yellow taxi cab.

(1957 – ) cartoonist (Dilbert)

There is something about a closet that makes a skeleton terribly restless.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

To me the outdoors is what you must pass through in order to get from your apartment into a taxicab.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

Kinko's is my favorite copy place cause it's open 24 hours, like if it's three in the morning, and I suddenly decide I need two of something, I'm covered.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

I liked Amsterdam… I spent $2,000 window shopping.

(1957 – ) American comedian

I really don't like living there; I have to for health reasons; I'm very paranoid, and New York's the only place where my fears are justified.

American comedian

The world is more complicated than most of our theories make it out to be.

A bunch of people in New York said, “Gee, I’m enjoying the crime and the poverty, but it just isn’t cold enough… let’s go west.”

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

Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor

An Englishman teaching an American about food is like the blind leading the one-eyed.

(1904 – 1963) American journalist

I'm proud to be paying taxes in the United States; the only thing is – I could be just as proud for half the money.

(1903 – 1983) American radio and television broadcaster & entertainer

America: A land where a citizen will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, and won’t cross the street to vote in a national election.

America is a melting pot, the people at the bottom get burned while all the scum floats to the top.

American folksinger & activist

The town had the coldest temperature in all the contagious states.

The Norwegian language has been described as German spoken underwater.