Subject: Situations (Page 29)

If I could take just one thing to a desert island… I probably wouldn’t go.

comedian

Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get out.

In the beginning, there was nothing. And God said, 'Let there be Light.' And there was still nothing, but you could see it a bit better.

You might be a redneck if… anyone in your family died right after saying, "Hey, y’all watch this!”

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

When someone close to you dies… move seats.

(1972 – ) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer & actor

God always has another custard pie up His sleeve.

(1943 – 2010) English actress

Never argue with a man who buys his ink by the barrel.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

Constant change is here to stay.

Until you walk a mile in another man's moccasins you can't imagine the smell.

(1930 – ) American author and billiard player, teacher & commentator

There ought to be a better way of starting the day than having to get up.

(1907 – 1987) journalist & columnist

Living with a saint is more grueling than being one.

(died 1457) English Bishop of Salisbury

I want to ride in a cold air balloon; “This isn’t going anywhere!”

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

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

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.

(1864 – 1910) French author

If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky?

(1921 – 2006) Polish science fiction author

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

It's bad luck to be superstitious.

I was only saying to the Queen the other day how I hate name-dropping.

(1911 – 2000) American actor

Isn’t it strange – when you’re single, all you see is couple and when you’re part of a couple, all you see are hookers.

(1966 – ) American stand-up comedian & actor

I was in my car driving back from work, when a police officer pulled me over and knocked on my window; I said, ‘One minute I’m on the phone.'

(1976 – ) English comedian

Remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

scriptwriter & author