Subject: Situations (Page 28)

Never mistake motion for action.

(1899 – 1961) author & journalist

We had to pull the plug on my grandmother ’cause I needed the outlet for my laptop.

(1981 – ) American comedian, writer & actor

I bought a portable cable TV.

comedian

I was wondering why a Frisbee appears larger, the closer it gets… and then it hit me.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

You don't even think about the fact that the game is impossible: you're 30 feet away, trying to throw a hot dog into a wine bottle.

comedian

You've got to think lucky; if you fall into a mud hole, check your back pocket – you might have caught a fish.

(1924 – 2012) American football player & coach

Nothing is so annoying than to be obscurely hanged.

(1694 – 1778) French author, humanist & satirist

I'd always believed that old saying that the first 15 minutes in jail were the toughest, until I experienced the five minutes after that.

(1962 – ) American actor, comedian, writer, director & producer

If I ever find the guy who messed up my limb transplants, I’m going to kill him with my bear hands.

(1973 – ) English writer & stand-up comedian

They say winning isn’t everything, and I’ve decided to take their word for it.

(1955 – ) cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes)

No matter… the dead bird does not leave the nest.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator

I believe the only time the world beats a path to my door is when I’m in the bathroom.

Last Christmas I got no respect. In my stocking I got an odor eater.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Apart from that, Mrs Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?

(1928 – ) humorist, singer, songwriter & satirist

Usta could…

I was born nine months premature.

(1966 – ) American stand-up comic

Always yield to temptation, because it may not pass your way again.

I often think about my future wife and how lax she's been about getting in touch with me.

(1969 – ) American stand-up comedian

You ever go shopping for a really cute, little, sexy black dress – and you come home with an extra-large pepperoni pizza?


I put tape on the mirrors in my house so I don’t accidentally walk through into another dimension.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer