Subject: People (Page 52)

My ex-girlfriend owned a parakeet… Oh my god, that fucking thing would never shut up… but the bird was cool.

(1978 – ) American writer & stand-up comedian

No, I’m breaking it in for a friend.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist

A jury is a group of twelve people of average ignorance.

(1820 – 1903) English philosopher

My problem is that I appeal to everyone that can do me absolutely no good.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.

(1900 – 1965) diplomat & Democratic politician

The trouble ain't that people are ignorant; it's that they know so much that ain't so.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

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

Beware of gifts bearing Greeks.

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author

A man always blames the woman who fooled him, in the same way he blames the door he walks into in the dark.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

To attract men, I wear a perfume called New Car Interior.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

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

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

I don’t want to lose weight; my tongue and my taste buds are the only friends I got.

American stand-up comedian

There are two ways to handle a woman, and nobody knows either of them.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

The United Nations is a good idea, but it’s a pity they have to have so many foreigners in it.

Do you know how hard it is to find a decent man in this town? Most of them think monogamy is some kind of wood.

movie character in The Mask (Amy Yasbeck)

You leave white people alone in constant isolation for thousands of years, you know what their musical contribution is going to be?… Riverdance.

(1959 – ) American actor, stand-up comedian & television host

And most men seem to think ‘mutual orgasm’ is an insurance company.

(1958 – ) Australian author

You may be a redneck if… your lifetime goal is to own a fireworks stand.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

God is good to the Irish, but no one else is, not even the Irish.

(1858 – 1932) American physicist, physician & humorist

From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class; from ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away.

(1888 – 1959) detective novelist & screenwriter