Subject: Situations (Page 46)

Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.

(1872 – 1970) British philosopher, mathematician, historian & social critic

Leave it to a girl to take the fun out of sex discrimination.

(1955 – ) cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes)

I like to fill my tub up with water, then turn the shower on and act like I'm in a submarine that's been hit.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

(1847 – 1931) American inventor, scientist & businessman

The time I was kidnapped, and the kidnappers sent my parents a note they said, “We want five thousand dollars or you’ll see your kid again.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

After finishing our Chinese food, my husband and I cracked open our fortune cookies; mine read, “Be quiet for a little while” Hand his read, “Talk while you have a chance.”

I once locked my keys out of my car… I had to break out of my car with a coat hanger.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

When you say 'Bedtime, bedtime, bedtime!' that's not what the child hears; what the child hears is 'Lie down in the dark… for hours… and don't move… I'm locking the door now.'

(1971 – ) Irish comedian, actor & writer

I hope Iman took a good book on the honeymoon.

If he wants breakfast in bed, tell him to sleep in the kitchen.

(1958 – ) Australian author

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

scriptwriter & author

I bought a portable cable TV.

comedian

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

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

Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation.

I can tell if two people are in love by how they hold each other’s hands, and how thick their sanitation gloves are.

(1982 – ) American author

I remember what I was doing the first time I told someone I loved them… I was lying to get sex.

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

If practice makes perfect, and nobody's perfect, why practice?

I haven’t slept for ten days… because that would be too long.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

Although it is a far cry from there to here, he laughed all the way.

(1886 – 1969) American journalist & humorist

It if smells bad and is sticky, it will eventually find its way onto your children or your shoes.