Subject: People (Page 51)

All women dress like their mothers, that is their tragedy; no man ever does, that is his.

English author, actor, humorist & playwright

A woman is like a tea bag… you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.

(1884 – 1962) diplomat & reformer & first lady

If you view your problem closely enough, you will recognize yourself as part of the problem.

I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me.

(1741 – 1794) French writer

Where ignorance is bliss it's foolish to borrow your neighbor's newspaper.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

You might be a redneck if… you go to the family reunion to meet women.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Of all the unbearable nuisances, the ignoramus that has traveled is the worst.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

Discussion: A method of confirming others in their errors.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

You sit there and you talk about yourself for an hour straight, and the other person listens to everything you say; it's like I'm the guy on a date.

(1964 – ) Canadian stand-up comedian, actress & television host

He’s an animal lover… people he don’t like so much.

(1937 – ) British playwright & screenwriter

You might be a redneck if… you take a six-pack cooler to church.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

You know how growing up we all had that voice inside our head that tells us we’re not good enough? Well, mine was outside my head driving me to school.

(1970 – ) American actress

If you buy your husband or boyfriend a video camera, for the first few weeks he has it, lock the door when you go to the bathroom… most of my husband's early films end with a scream and a flush.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

Flattery is telling people exactly what they think of themselves.

I'd go out with women my age, but there are no women my age.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

It’s a great shock at the age of five or six to find that in a world of Gary Coopers you are the Indian.

(1924 – 1987) American novelist, writer, playwright, poet & civil rights activist

An Englishmen thinks seated; a Frenchmen standing; an American pacing, an Irishman, afterwards.

(1858 – 1932) American physicist, physician & humorist

Your true value depends entirely on what you are compared with.

(1966 – ) American magazine editor

I don’t believe in sceptics.

British writer, actor, comic & television & radio presenter

We may lay down a maxim, that when a nation abounds in physicians it grows thin of people.

(1672 – 1719) English essasyist, poet & politician

The last thing my kids ever did to earn money was lose their baby teeth.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress