Subject: Relationships (Page 4)

Dating: An elaborate prelude to mating that fulfills much the same function as the sniffing ritual in dogs, but without its forthright honesty.

Regarding my family, I’m the youngest of three; my parents are both older.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

My cousin is gay; I always tell him that in our family tree, he's in the fruit section.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Courtship: When a fellow gets so wrapped up in a girl that it’s easy to tie the knot.

I'm single now, and it's really weird for me to be dating again because, for the last three years, I've just been cheating.

American comedian

Have you ever been dating anyone, and you think they're normal, and all of the sudden, they start freaking out on you?… yelling, 'Untie me!'

television writer, actor

We can’t be lovers because we both have mustaches, but since you’re a lady, and I’m a gentleman, I’ll shave mine off.

(1982 – ) American author

My uncle's dying wish – he wanted me on his lap; he was in the electric chair.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

I grew up with six brothers; that’s how I learned to dance – waiting for the bathroom.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

In the forties, to get a girl you had to be a GI or a jock; in the fifties, to get a girl you had to be Jewish; in the sixties, to get a girl you had to be black; in the seventies, to get a girl you've got to be a girl.

(1927 – ) Canadian-born American comedian & actor

I don't have to look up my family tree, because I know that I'm the sap.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

I have some distant cousins that got sucked into one of these pyramid schemes – you know, building them in Egypt.

(1978 – ) American stand-up comedian

My computer dating bureau came up with a perfect gentleman; still, I've got another three goes.


I chased a woman for almost two years only to discover her tastes were exactly like mine – we were both crazy about girls.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

I change girlfriends every seven years, a habit I picked up from broken mirrors.

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

Women might be able to fake orgasms, but men can fake whole relationships.

American comedian

Where there’s a will, there’s a relative.

It takes a woman twenty years to make a man of her son, and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who’ll give you a little love, a little affection, a little tenderness? … It means you’re in the wrong house, that’s what it means.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

I’m dating a woman now who, evidently, is unaware of it.

(1949 – 2016) American comedian & television actor

The best way to hold a man is in your arms.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol