Subject: People (Page 113)

…the difference between old friends and new friends is that new friends just haven't let you down yet.

(1973 – ) American comic book writer & artist

When I was ten, my family moved to Downers Grove Illinois; when I was twelve, I found them.

(1956 – ) American comedian

Women were brought up to believe that men were the answer; they weren’t… they weren’t even one of the questions.

(1946 – ) English writer

It takes a woman twenty years to make a man of her son, and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation.

(1709 – 1784) English author, essayist, critic, editor & lexicographer

My mother said it was simple to keep a man: you must be a maid in the living room, a cook in the kitchen and a whore in the bedroom; I said I’d hire the other two and take care of the bedroom bit.

(1956 – ) American model & actress

Abstainer: A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Considering the company I keep in this place, that is hardly surprising.

(1894 – 1978) Australian prime minister

The English are not very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

White Supremacists: The most convincing argument against the theory of white racial superiority.

Woman's Rule of Thumb: If it has tires or testicles, you're going to have trouble with it.

There have been only two geniuses in the world – Willie Mays and William Shakespeare.

(1903 – 1968) movie actress

One man's folly is another man's wife.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

A man's face is his autobiography; a woman's face is her work of fiction.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

My ancestors didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they were there to meet the boat.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

I am the common denominator to all my bad relationships.

(1966 – 2011) American stand-up comedian

It does not take a rocket scientist to coach a professional football team, but, of course, I was one of the few who happened to be a rocket scientist.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

I'm always into a positive black image. Whenever Leon Spinks fights I always pray, 'Dear Lord, please don't let them interview Leon on TV.'

American television personality

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

(1709 – 1784) English author, essayist, critic, editor & lexicographer

A woman's appetite is twice that of a man's; her sexual desire, four times; her intelligence, eight times.


There were many reasons we broke up; there was a religious difference: I'm a Catholic, and she's the devil.

American actor & comedian