Subject: Situations (Page 36)

One year they asked me to be poster boy – for birth control.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.

(1890 – 1969) 34th U.S. president, U.S. Army General

One time I saw two geese fighting and I thought, this is a pillow fight, ahead of time.

(1973 – ) American comedian

You moon the wrong person at an office party and suddenly you're not 'professional' any more.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Always be nice to people on the way up; because you'll meet the same people on the way down.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

The other day I… no wait, that wasn't me.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

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

The usefulness of any meeting is in inverse proportion to the attendance.

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

(1921 – 2006) Polish science fiction author

Beware the smile of a waiter… it means he's pissed in your soup.

(1967 – ) English comedian

It’s a lot more fun to blame things than to fix them.

(1955 – ) cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes)

If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito.


Stupidity got us into this mess, and stupidity will get us out.

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)

If it looks easy, it's tough… if it looks tough, it's near impossible.

I can’t think of anything worse after a night of drinking than waking up next to someone and not being able to remember their name, or how you met, or why they’re dead.

(1969 – ) American actress, comedian, producer & writer

If you find yourself lost in the woods, f**k it, build a house; “Well, I was lost but now I live here!”

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

Futon World – a wonderful place that becomes slowly less comfortable over time.

(1973 – ) American comedian

Adventure is just bad planning.

(1872 – 1928) Norwegian Arctic & Antarctic explorer

If your time ain't come, not even a doctor can kill you.

I can tolerate without discomfort being waited on hand and foot.

(1908 – 1986) English cartoonist, author, art critic & stage designer

One night a jet flew a little too close to my house… I was walking from the living room to the kitchen and the stewardess told me to sit down.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer