Subject: People (Page 72)

Americans are like the straight, white man of cultures.

(1978 – ) Australian comedian, writer & actress

When I was 16 years old, the morning of my birthday, my parents tried to surprise me with a car, but they missed.

American comedian

There are two types of people: those who divide people into two types, and those who don't.

Agatha Christie has given more pleasure in bed than any other woman.


(1929 – ) British television & radio critic

Can’t anything be done about calling these guys student athletes? … That’s like referring to Attila the Hun’s cavalry as “weekend warriors.”

(1925 – ) columnist & journalist

You would think with all the money she saves on food she could buy a dress.

(1967 – ) American stand-up comedian & actor

There are only two problems with people: One is that they don't think; The other is that they do.

In America any boy may become President and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.

(1900 – 1965) diplomat & Democratic politician

Second-rate people hire third-rate people.

Admiration: Our feeling of delight that another person resembles us.

(1899 – 1995) humorist

Do you know why it's so hard to solve a Redneck murder?… 'cause there's no dental records and all the DNA is the same.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

I can't sing, but I know how to, which is quite different.

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

If blind people wear dark glasses, why don’t deaf people wear earmuffs?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Every time I breathe, they like, ‘Why you breathing so hard?'…So I can live!


Men who drink herbal teas are seldom serial killers.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

Behind every successful man is a surprised woman.

(1901 – 1989) wife of Lester Bowles Pearson, Canadian prime minister

I want to donate a large amount of money to a rape clinic and I won't take no for an answer.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

It was a mixed marriage… I’m human, and he was a Klingon.

comedian, writer, actor & producer

Any jackass can kick down a barn but it takes a good carpenter to build one.

(1908 – 1973) 36th U.S. president

Nature gave man two ends – one to sit on and one to think with; ever since then man’s success or failure has been dependent on the one he used most.

(1867 – 1937) American anti-militarist writer & political activist

A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator