Subject: People (Page 58)

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

American stand-up comedian

If he slices the budget like he slices a (golf) ball, the nation has nothing to worry about.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

I spend three minutes every day choosing a TV channel to leave on for my dog; then I go to work, and people take me seriously as an adult.

American comedian

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

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

One year they asked me to be poster boy – for birth control.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

One night I was playing poker with tarot cards; I got a full house and four people died.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

The only thing worse than a man you can't control is a man you can.

(1954 – 2000) humorist, writer & radio commentator

Needing someone is like needing a parachute; if they are not there the first time you need them, chances are you won’t be needing them again.

(1957 – ) cartoonist (Dilbert)

I am a deeply superficial person.

(1928 – 1987) painter, printmaker & filmmaker

My mother loved children – she would have given anything if I had been one.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

He called me a ‘rapist’ and a ‘recluse’ … I’m not a recluse.

(1966 – ) American boxing champion

Why is it old people say, ‘there’s no place like home’, yet when you put them in one…

British comedian

Every organization has an allotted number of positions to be filled by incompetents.

I envy people who drink… at least they have something to blame everything on.

(1906 – 1972) pianist, composer, author, comedian & actor

God created alcohol just to stop the Irish from ruling the world.

(1956 – ) English actor

Them what gets – has.

You might be a redneck if…… you think that Dom Perignon is a mafia leader.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Reunion: When you meet people your own age who all look a lot older than you.

Some folks seem to have descended from the chimpanzee later than others.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience.

(1932 – 2009) author, poet & critic

I don’t feel I’m even worthy of a normal amount of value.

(1964 – ) American stand-up comedian, actor & voice actor