Subject: Communication (Page 74)

Monument: A structure intended to commemorate something which either needs no commemoration or cannot be commemorated.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

He has his head in the clouds and his feet in the box office.

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

I’ve got a funny idea that before the internet people were just writing ‘f**k you’ and attaching it to pigeons.

(1980 – ) English comedian, television and radio presenter & actor

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.

(427 BC – 347 BC) Greek author & philosopher

This book fills a much-needed gap.

(1900 – 1986) American teacher & translator

Is it possible to mistake schizophrenia for telepathy, I hear you ask.

comedian

The road to hell is paved with adverbs.

The most beautiful words in the English language are not “I love you,” but … “benign.”

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

Snoring: Sheet music.

Tears: Remorse code.

She never lets ideas interrupt the easy flow of her conversation.

Alice Jane Chandler Webster (1876 – 1916) writer & author

The future will be better tomorrow.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

Whenever I get married, I start buying Gourmet magazine.

(1941 – 2012) American novelist, producer, screenwriter & director

I talk a lot about women in my act, 'cause let's face it – if I was hungry, I would talk about food.

American actor & comedian

My girlfriend does her nails with white-out; when she's asleep, I go over there and write misspelled words on them.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

English? Who needs that? I’m never going to England.

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)

Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's inquest.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.

(1788 – 1860) German philosopher

When the chips are down, the buffalo is empty.

If these walls could talk, they'd probably say, "No! Not the nails again! Not the hammer!

I am a man of my word… and that word is “unreliable.”

(1973 – ) American comedian