Subject: Activities (Page 20)

I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

Now what I don't get are these people who, instead of buying a four-pack or an eight-pack of toilet paper, they buy the single individual roll; are you trying to quit?

comedian

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

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

I also smoke a lot of pot… occasionally… every day.

(1966 – ) American actor, musician & comedian

I hate people who think it's clever to take drugs… like custom officers.

(1961 – ) English standup comedian, actor & writer

The vehicle in front of you is traveling slower than you are.

Housekeeping is like being caught in a revolving door.

writer

The difference between light and hard is that you can sleep with a light on.

There is only one thing worse than dreaming you are at a conference and waking to find that you are at a conference, and that is the conference where you can't fall asleep.

If you can’t sleep, count sheep. Don’t count endangered animals. You will run out.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

How come anything you buy will go on sale next week?

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

I find apologizing for not having cleaned is easier than cleaning.

(1975 – ) English comedian

A British newspaper published a photo of Michael Phelps inhaling from a marijuana pipe; Phelps says he only took one hit, but he held it for three minutes.

(1952 – ) American fitness coach & educator

I’ve been to almost as many places as my luggage!

(1903 – 2003) English-born American 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

Detour: Something that lengthens your mileage, diminishes your gas, and strengthens your vocabulary.

Follow seven beers with a couple of Scotches and a thimble of good marijuana, and it's funny how sleep just sort of comes on its own.

(1921 – 2001) Welsh comedian & singer

I could only teach him how to juggle his books.

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

Air Travel: Seeing less and less of more and more.

The gifts you buy your wife are never as appropriate as the gifts your neighbor buys his wife.

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me.

(1937 – 2005) journalist & author