Subject: Situations (Page 37)

The grass is always greener on the side that’s watered.

It's an ill will that blows when you leave the hairdresser.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

You never get tired unless you stop and take time for it.

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

There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.

(1923 – ) German-born diplomat & scholar

He dreamed he was eating shredded wheat and woke up to find the mattress half gone.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

A golf match is a test of your skill against your opponents' luck.

Even before the kids are born, you’ve got to make these decisions; if it’s a boy, do we get him circumcised?… if it’s a girl, do we keep her?

(1965 – 2010) American stand-up comedian & television personality

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

(1882 – 1945) 32nd U.S. president

I had the cab driver drive me here backwards, and the dude owed me $27.50.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

I was troubled by the presence of a shoe museum because it forced me to ask a very burning question: would my body be able to physically survive the amount of dope I would need to smoke in order to visit a shoe museum?

(1974 – ) American stand-up comedian & actor

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

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Some things are better than sex, and some are worse, but there’s nothing exactly like it.

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

I remember when I swallowed a bottle of sleeping pills… my doctor told me to have a few drinks and get some rest.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

I’m not a believer in luck… but I do believe you need it.

The hardest thing to stop is a temporary chairman.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

My VCR flashes 01:35, 01:35, 01:35, …

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Sometimes in the middle of the night, I think of something that's funny, then I go get a pen and I write it down… or if the pen's too far away, I have to convince myself that what I thought of ain't funny.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way; I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.

(1962 – ) American political satirist, writer, television host & comedian

No day is so bad it can’t be fixed with a nap.

(1953 – ) American comedian, writer & actor

Yesterday I parked my car in a tow-away zone… when I came back the entire area was missing.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

I walked up to the airport information desk and asked, “How many airports are in the world?”

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