Subject: People (Page 4)

In creating the human brain, evolution has wildly overshot the mark.

(1905 – 1983) Hungarian-British author & journalist

Average Person: One who thinks someone else is the average person.

If you want to offend terrorists, if you’re a woman, wear a dress, and if you're a man, wear a dress.

British-Asian comedian

No one ever went broke in Hollywood underestimating the intelligence of the public.

(1883 – 1963) American writer & hostess

Intuition: The strange instinct that tells a woman she is right whether she is or not.

You take 10 Jews at random and put 'em on a basketball court, you get a real estate seminar.

comedian

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

The two most important jobs in America are held by foreigners – room service and goal-kicking.

(1931 – 2012) American college football historian & television commentator

Intuition: The sixth sense that allows a woman five wrong guesses.

He had the kind of handshake that ought never to be used except as a tourniquet.

(1922 – ) English comedy writer & television presenter

If it’s attention you want, don’t get involved with a man during play-off season.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

There nothing like a head-strong woman to make you happy to be alive.

(1965 – ) American author of children's books

You might be a redneck if… you bought a VCR so you could tape wrestling while you are at work.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Few things in life are more embarrassing than the necessity of having to inform an old friend that you have just got engaged to his fiancee.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

I used to get bummed out when it rained; then I realized that it's God's way of washing off hippies.

(1973 – ) American comedian

The chief excitement in a woman's life is spotting women who are fatter than she is.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

One day my father took me aside… and left me there.

(1924 – 1987) American stand-up ‘deadpan’ comedian and actor

Elvis transcends his talent to the point of dispensing with it altogether.

(1945 – ) author, music journalist & cultural critic

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

You might be a redneck if… your ironing board doubles as a buffet table.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality