Subject: Conflict (Page 9)

Men who drink herbal teas are seldom serial killers.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

I’m not a fighter; I was once run over by a car being pushed by two guys.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

The best armor is to keep out of range.

We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.

(1890 – 1969) 34th U.S. president, U.S. Army General

Probably the toughest time in anyone’s life is when you have to murder a loved one because they’re the devil.

(1956 – ) American comedian

The best ally you can have in breaking up a street fight is a grandmother.

(John Bloom) (1953 – ) American film critic, writer & actor

Incoming fire has the right of way.

Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry.

Capital Punishment: Killing people who kill people to prove that killing people is wrong.

You’ll get my assault weapon when you pry it out of my curious six-year-old’s cold dead hands.

(1978 – ) American writer & stand-up comedian

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

She changes prices. I caught her in a near misdemeanus.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

All lawyers are cut from the same cloth: fleece.

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

I don't know why people are surprised that France won't help us get Saddam out of Iraq; after all, France wouldn’t help us get the Germans out of France!


(1950 – ) comedian & television host

My toughest fight was with my first wife.

(1942 – ) American boxing champion

Kill: To create a vacancy without nominating a successor.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

It's possible to disagree with someone about the ethics of non-violence without wanting to kick his face in.

(1946 – ) British playwright, screen writer & film director

Don't worry if you're a kleptomaniac, you can always take something for it.

Nowadays, the perfect crime is getting caught and then selling your story to TV.

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

In a war of ideas it is people who get killed.

(1909 – 1966) Polish poet, writer & aphorist

My Dad always told me there’s three things you need to have in the boot of your car: a blanket, a shovel and a flask; and he’s right – because whenever I’ve killed a man I’m parched.

(1975 – ) English comedian