Subject: Situations (Page 15)

If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the precipitate.


When a man tells me he’s going to put all his cards on the table, I always look up his sleeve.

(1893 – 1957) British politician

If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing your grandmother with her teeth out.

(1953 – ) American baseball player

Did I already do my déjà vu joke?

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.

(1897 – 1972) broadcast journalist & gossip columnist

The only things that start on time are those that you're late for.

The more he looked inside the more Piglet wasn’t there.

fictional character from the book series by A. A. Milne

Santa Claus has the right idea: visit people once a year.

(1909 – 2000) Danish-born comedian & pianist

I saw a sheet lying on the floor… it must have been a ghost that had passed out.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

People that put up Christmas decorations, all they’re saying is ‘Hey, we’re not Jews.’

(1957 – ) American comedian

Just when you see the light at the end of the tunnel, the roof caves in!

Good times end too quickly. Bad times go on forever.

Some women hold up dresses that are so ugly and they always say the same thing: ‘This looks much better on.’… On what?… On fire?

(1954 – ) American actress & comedian

I was having difficulty deciding if I wanted to purchase this bed I was looking at, so the salesman told me… sleep on it.

Jewish-American stand-up comedian & writer

When you are down and out something always turns up – and it is usually the noses of your friends.

(1915 – 1985) stage & film actor & director

[Coedness] is like a radical agenda forced on college students.

(1969 – ) U.S. Representative (Delaware)

It's bad when they don't perform your operas – but when they do, it's far worse.

(1835 – 1921) French Late-Romantic composer, conductor & pianist

Never cry over spilt milk, because it may have been poisoned.

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

Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

The grass may be greener on the other side of the fence but you still have to mow it.

The sign said "eight items or less”… so I changed my name to Les.