Subject: People (Page 65)

Some drink at the fountain of knowledge; others just gargle.

God is silent; now if only man would shut up.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

My shrink told me that my happiness was stress related.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

I don’t give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

I told my kids, “Someday, you’ll have kids of your own.” One of them said, “So will you.”

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Some of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist

The perfect lover is one who turns into a pizza at 4:00 a.m.

(1926 – 1999) actor, comedian & female impersonator

There are two times in a woman’s life when clothes are important: when she is young and when she is old.

writer

No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor.

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.

(1952 – ) American columnist & author

People become progressively less competent for jobs they once were well equipped to handle.

Comparing Madonna with Marilyn Monroe is like comparing Raquel Welch with the back of a bus.

George Alan O'Dowd (1961 – ) British singer-songwriter

People like to hear me say 'shit' in my gorgeous voice.

(1904 – 2000) English actor, director & producer

How can we possibly use sex to get what we want? … sex is what we want!

(1955 – ) American actor, comedian, producer, director & singer

For some not to be martyrs is martyrdom indeed.

(1908 – 1997) German-born teacher, academic & humorist

The English are not very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

The most important thing in a relationship between a man and a woman is that one of them must be good at taking orders.


Wait till these Enron guys find out that in prison, the term "insider trading" has a whole new meaning.

(1950 – ) comedian & television host

Men, I feel, are like wine – before buying, a real connoisseur takes a small sip, and spits them out.

(1936 – 1993) British writer

My parents never understood me; they were Japanese.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

My girlfriend wants me to choke her while we’re having sex… but I say, what’s wrong with while we’re having dinner?

(1978 – ) American writer & stand-up comedian