Subject: Situations (Page 46)

My wife, she’s another one. Last night our house caught fire and I heard her tell the kids, “Shhh, be quiet; you’ll wake your father.”

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

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

If you're watchin' a parade, make sure you stand in one spot, don't follow it, it never changes.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

Man blames fate for other accidents but feels personally responsible for a hole-in-one.

Life is something that happens when you can’t get to sleep.

(1856 – 1915) writer, publisher, artist & philosopher

Tradition is what you resort to when you don’t have the time or the money to do it right.

(1905 – 1988) Austrian-born American conductor

I was at the breakfast table this morning and I read in the newspaper that more and more adults are living at home with their parents; that surprised me, I was like “Mom did you read this?”

(1957 – ) American comedian

I was planning on my future as a homeless person… I had a really good spot picked out.

(1947 – ) American comedian, writer, actor & television producer

Everything happens at the same time with nothing in between.

I have had a perfectly wonderful evening… but this wasn't it.

It’s important to know when it’s time to turn in your kazoo.

(1971 – ) American actress, comedian, producer & writer

The most valuable function performed by the federal government is entertainment.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

That’s where Jack and I were different, he would let his hair down, I just took mine off.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

What I’m looking for is a blessing that’s not in disguise.

What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely.

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist

Sleep is the best of both worlds: you get to be alive and unconscious.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

I once went on a date with a girl where we went hiking… and she gets bit by a snake in between her toes, and I had to suck out the poison… so she’s dead.

(1978 – ) American writer & stand-up comedian

Ninety percent of “everything” is crud.

I hate cold showers – they stimulate me, and then I don't know what to do.

A lady with a clipboard stopped me in the street the other day; she said, "Can you spare a few minutes for cancer research?" I said, All right, but we're not going to get much done.

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

When I was ten, my family moved to Downers Grove Illinois; when I was twelve, I found them.

(1956 – ) American comedian