Subject: Situations (Page 5)

If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

Don't worry, I'm merely catching up with sleep.

Everything happens at the same time with nothing in between.

Gee, what a terrific party… later on we’ll get some fluid and embalm each other.

(1927 – 2018) playwright & screenwriter

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

A hooker once told me she had a headache.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Thirteen at a table is unlucky only when the hostess has only twelve chops.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

The real reason Milton went blind was to avoid reading unsolicited manuscripts.

1944) is an American writer & screenwriter

Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

The way things are these days, a girl's gotta play hard to take.

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian

The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it; I expect to die at 110, shot by a jealous husband.

(1908 – 1993) U.S. Supreme Court justice

If something goes wrong at the plant, blame the guy who can't speak English.

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)

I saw a charity appeal in The Guardian the other day, and it read, ‘Little Zuki has to walk 13 miles a day just to fetch water.’ … and I couldn’t help thinking, ‘she should move.

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

If I had nine of my fingers missing I wouldn't type any slower.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

Like a blind man at an orgy, I was going to have to feel my way through.

(1926 – 2010) Canadian actor

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

The less I behave like Whistler’s Mother the night before, the more I look like her the morning after.

(1903 – 1968) movie actress

I usually call the new guy and let him know where I like to sit on the bus, tell him ways he can stay out of my way, make sure he knows not to touch any of my stuff.

(1969 – ) Canadian ice hockey player & executive

Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.

If I ever saw bat shit, I’d be like, ‘that’s crazy.’

(1973 – ) American comedian