Subject: People (Page 126)

A conference is just an admission that you want somebody to join you in your troubles.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

I’ve dated three white rappers; I feel like that’s 98% of white rappers.

(1978 – ) American stand-up comedian, actress & writer

Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.

(1972 – ) Irish stand-up comedian, voice over artist & actor

Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.

(1940 – 1993) composer, guitarist, record producer & film director

I like men who have a future and women who have a past.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

There are two types of people: those who divide people into two types, and those who don't.

Women are cursed, and men are the proof.

(1952 – ) comedian, actress & writer

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; this is the principal difference between dog and man.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Every time I go near the stove, the dog howls.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

I'm the only woman who can walk in Central Park at night… and reduce the crime rate.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.

(1721 – 1771) Scottish poet & author

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don’t know.

(1907 – 1973) poet & critic

As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows, cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind.

(1917 – 1998) author, critic, animal rights activist

Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.

(1819 – 1891) American novelist, essayist & poet

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

(1769 – 1821) French general & politician

Women… can’t live with ‘em… pass the beer nuts.

George Wendt (1948 – ) American actor

You might be a redneck if… your front porch collapses and four dogs git killed.

(1926 – 1998) American country comedian

I’m selling a “Bigfoot hunting for Christians” book because people who believe in both will obviously buy anything.

American comedian

The average tourist wants to go to places where there are no tourists.

(1920 – 2001) American writer & humorist

It is well-known what a middleman is; he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other.

(1804 – 1881) British prime minister, politician & author

It's hard to feel fit as a fiddle when you're shaped like a cello.

American basketball coach & executive