Subject: People (Page 115)

It’s a funny thing that when a man hasn’t anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married.

(1874 – 1963) American poet

It was a mixed marriage… I’m human, and he was a Klingon.

comedian, writer, actor & producer

Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.

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

Deploring change is the unchangeable habit of all Englishmen.

(1896 – 1971) English socialist, author, journalist, editor & gourmet

You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.

(1954 – ) author

When I was a kid my family said having feelings was an act of treason.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

Always be nice to people on the way up because you'll meet the same people on the way down.

To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of whom are absent.


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

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.

(1920 – 1996) American psychologist & writer & advocate of psychedelic drugs

One learns little more about a man from the feats of his literary memory than from the feats of his alimentary canal.

(1865 –1925) American encyclopedia editor & essayist

Only when one has lost all curiosity about the future has one reached the age to write an autobiography.

(1903 – 1966) English writer

Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.

(1920 – 2001) American writer & humorist

One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you.

You mean there aren't enough people mad at me already?

(1911 – 2004) 40th U.S. president & actor

Nobody can be as agreeable as an uninvited guest.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

If there is reincarnation and I come back as myself, I’ll kill myself.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.

(1837 – 1920) American author

Men are like portable heaters that snore.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.

(1927 – ) magician & comedy writer

Elaine: Ugh, I hate people.

Jerry: Yeah, they’re the worst.

(1954 – ) comedian & television actor