Subject: Activities

We have a sock talking at our commencement; it’s kind of upsetting.

I spent twelve years training for a career that was over in a week; Joe Namath spent one week training for a career that lasted twelve years.

(1949 – ) American Olympic athlete

Whoever said money can’t buy happiness simply didn’t know where to go shopping.


A kind heart is of little value in chess.

When properly administered, vacations do not diminish productivity: for every week you’re away and get nothing done, there’s another when your boss is away and you get twice as much done.

(1869 – 1946) American bridge builder & engineer

She took my son to Costco, bought 14 pounds of Oreos – and saved us money somehow.

American stand-up comedian

Airline travel is hours of boredom interrupted by moments of stark terror.

disc jockey, screenwriter & humorist

I was playing chess with my friend and he said ‘Let’s make this more interesting’ … so we stopped playing chess.

(1980 – ) British comedian

A necessary item goes on sale only after you have purchased it at the regular price.

Study: Ecstasy Causes Brain Damage

The transatlantic crossing was so rough the only thing that I could keep on my stomach was the first mate.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

A family vacation is when you go away with the people you need to get away from.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

I concentrate on exercises from the waist down, since that is the laziest part of a woman's body.

(1934 – ) American actress, singer & author

Hot Potato is a very different game when the people playing are starving.

(1973 – ) American comedian

A teacher is someone who talks in our sleep!

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

I'm often asked why I travel around the country talking politics: Is it for humanitarian reasons, community spirit, or is it for the money, the limousines or the girls? … The answers are: no, no, yes yes yes!

(1927 – 1997) Am. comedian & satirist notable for mock presidential campaign

There’s no such thing as addiction, there’s only things that you enjoy doing more than life.

(1967 – ) American stand-up comedian & actor

I used to dread getting older because I thought I would not be able to do all the things I wanted to do, but now that I am older I find that I don't want to do them.

(1879 – 1964) British politician

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

It's been so long since I made love I can't even remember who gets tied up.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

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

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