Subject: Conflict (Page 7)

Thou shalt not kill anything less than a fifth.

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

I would never hit a woman – even if she had a knife or a stutter.

(1978 – ) American writer & stand-up comedian

Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.

It’s not living alone if you keep a rifle under the bed.

(1962 – ) writer & journalist

Some of my best friends are thieves; why, just last week we had the president of the bank over for dinner.

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

I haven't committed a crime; what I did was fail to comply with the law.

(1927 – ) American mayor (New York City)

At the end of the Peterson trial, my daughter turns to me and she goes, 'Daddy, are you going to kill Mommy?'… 'Oh, honey – that's up to Mommy, isn't it?'

(1964 – ) American comedian & actor

Abscond: To move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.

You can get a lot more done with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone.

(1899 – 1947) American gangster

Shoplifter Who Soiled Clothes Fails to Wipe Record Clean

I want to commit a crime during a reenactment, and turn it into an enactment.

(1973 – ) American comedian

Starting a war in the name of peace is like poking a hole in a balloon to get more air into it.

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

Desert combat?… I can't even stand the walk back from the beach to the car.

comedian, television host & actor

Do you ever go into a store and you happen to be carrying something that they sell in that store and then start to get all paranoid that they're going to think that you stole it? … That happened to me recently at the gun store.

(1972 – ) stand-up comedian & writer

You cannot turn on your television without seeing them, although sometimes you have to hunt around.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Cold War: Hot peace.

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

(1899 – 1985) US author & humorist

Diplomats tell lies to journalists, and they believe what they read.

(1874 – 1936) Austrian writer & journalist

My father only hit me once – but he used a Volvo.

(1928 – 2003) English entertainer

Interviewer: Can you imagine yourself killing another human.

Sedaris: Not a stranger.

(1956 – ) American humorist, comedian & author

Kleptomaniac: A person who helps himself because he can't help himself.

(1915 – 1994) American actor