Subject: People (Page 3)

With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson; without them, I'm fat and 60.

(1937 – ) American actor

Otto von Bismarck: The Germans have just bought a new country in Africa where Jews and pigs will be tolerated.

Disraeli: Fortunately, we are both here (in England).

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

I don't know a lot about politics, but I can recognize a good party man when I see one.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.

(1925 – 2013) British prime minister & politician

Support bacteria – they're the only culture some people have.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

It's like I disprove evolution and intelligent design at once.

(1978 – ) American comic writer

If an Englishman gets run down by a truck he apologizes to the truck.

(1934 – ) comedian

The hardest thing to stop is a temporary chairman.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

The years that a woman subtracts from her age are not lost… they are added to the ages of other women.


(1499 – 1566) French noblewoman & prominent courtier

A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.

(1788 – 1824) English poet

The amount of expertise varies in inverse proportion to the number of statements understood by the general public.

Three may keep a secret… if two of them are dead.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

Optimist: A middle-aged man who believes that the cleaners have been shrinking the waistband of his pants.

It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

A homeless guy asked me for 2 pounds, so I gave him 1.67 because that’s what a woman would get paid for doing the same job.

British comedian

An optimist in Canada is someone who thinks things could be worse.

(1942 – ) Canadian politician

… there are three sexes – men, women, and clergymen.

(1771 – 1845) English writer & Anglican clergyman

One sure way to lose another woman’s friendship is to try to improve her flower arrangements.

writer

If not controlled, work will flow to the competent man until he submerges.

A Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy, and will remain a fifteen-year-old boy until they die.

(1933 –2018) American novelist

You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet