Subject: Characteristics (Page 7)

Hector Camacho's great-dream is to die in his own arms.

Boxing press agent

When it comes to giving—some people stop at nothing.

The Mets achieved total incompetence in a single year, while the Browns worked industriously for almost a decade to gain equal proficiency.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter

Canada’s national bird is the grouse.

(1913 – 1987) Canadian journalist

If you persecute somebody just because they might look a little different, then you are no better than our country's founding fathers.

American comedian & writer

My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.

(1903 – 1974) English intellectual, literary critic & writer

I don't have any tattoos or piercings yet, but I do have a cold sore I've been ignoring.

(1959 – ) American comedian, actress & singer

A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer.

Most people’s self-esteem isn't low enough.


New York is not Mecca… it just smells like it.

(1927 – 2018) playwright & screenwriter

My girlfriend bought me a down jacket, she said it fit my personality.

(1966 – ) American stand-up comic

A bore is one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation.

(1804 – 1881) British prime minister, politician & author

He is the kind of man who would cut down a redwood tree and then mount the stump to make a speech for conservation.

(1900 – 1965) diplomat & Democratic politician

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.

(1930 – ) actor, writer, film & television director

Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel.

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist

He turned out to be so many different characters he could have populated all of War and Peace and still had a few people left over.

(1920 – ) author, editor, journalist, playwright & television producer

With a black president, I can relax…I can dance in public… I can buy a whole watermelon now.

(1964 – ) American writer, stand-up comedian, actress, television host

Tact is making your company feel at home, even though you wish they were.


I'm as pure as the driven slush.

(1903 – 1968) movie actress

Isn't an agnostic just an atheist without balls?

(1964 – ) comedian, political satirist, writer & television host