Subject: People (Page 8)

All men are afraid of eyelash curlers; I sleep with one under my pillow, instead of a gun.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

People who say that money can't buy happiness just don't know where to shop.

(1958 – ) Australian author

To err is human; to loaf, Parisian.

(1802 – 1885) French writer

If not controlled, work will flow to the competent man until he submerges.

I’ve always said that in politics, your enemies can’t hurt you, but your friends will kill you.

(1933 – 2006) politician

You male corpses are all alike; never a thought for the woman who spent her life getting you into that grave.

(1954 – ) American actress & singer-songwriter

The rich aren’t like us… they pay less taxes.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

Bimbo: Any woman to whom you pay a compliment, while in the company of your wife.

It’s easier to find a traveling companion than to get rid of one.

(1925 – 2007) humorist & columnist

Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness.

(1923 – ) American quote & quip writer

If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.

(1936 – 1989) American social & political activist

We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it.


cartoon character in The Simpsons (Julie Kavner)

Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you'll see why.

(1913 – 1983) journalist & author

You might be a redneck if… you ever won first prize in a tobacco spittin’ contest.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

When men reach their sixties and retire they go to pieces; women just go on cooking.


A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

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

No matter where you go in this world, you will always find a Jew sitting in the beach chair next to you.

(1926 – 2017) American stand-up comedian & actor

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.

(1920 – 1996) American psychologist & writer & advocate of psychedelic drugs

Woman begins by resisting a man’s advances and ends by blocking his retreat.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

I have no sex appeal and it has screwed me up for life; my gynecologist examines me by telephone.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director