Subject: People (Page 16)

Friends are like fiddle-strings and they must not be screwed too tightly.

Never mind, dear, we're all made the same, though some more than others.

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

Never give a party if you will be the most interesting person there.

American film & television producer

My makeup team is nominated for “Best Special Effects.”

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

I broke up with this girl… I can't tell you her real name, of course, because – well, she didn't tell me her real name.

comedian

Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.

(1667 – 1745) Irish satirist & essayist

The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he's a baby.

(1938 – 1981) American actress

My father was a simple man; my mother was a simple woman; you see the result standing in front of you, a simpleton.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

To create man was a fine and original idea; but to add the sheep was a tautology.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

I once dated a famous Aussie rugby player who treated me just like a football; made a pass, played footsie, then dropped me as soon as he’d scored.

(1958 – ) Australian author

High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.

(1890 – 1957) author & journalist

My shrink told me it was pointless to believe in myself.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

When two people meet to decide how to spend a third person's money, fraud will result.

Man is the only animal that plays poker.

(1889 – 1966) American humorist, writer, illustrator & cartoonist

My face looks like a wedding cake left out in the rain.


(1907 – 1973) poet & critic

I don’t think George Clooney has a bathroom mirror, just a note taped to the wall that says “Don’t worry about it.”

comedian

And now, I’m pleased to introduce the star of the film Gladiator, and a man I like to call a close, personal friend, but he told me not to…

(1945 – ) comedian, actor, writer, playwright & musician

It’s not the people who vote that count, it’s the people who count the votes.

(1878 – 1953) Soviet politician, leader of the Soviet Union

Everything that goes up must come down; but there comes a time when not everything that's down can come up.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

A statesman is any politician it’s considered safe to name a school after.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor