Subject: People (Page 9)

Everybody and his dog was there.

The word “lady” most often used to describe someone you wouldn't want to talk to for even five minutes.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

Football is all very well a good game for rough girls, but not for delicate boys.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

Nobody believes the official spokesman… but everybody trusts an unidentified source.

(1934 – ) American White House Press Secretary for President Gerald Ford

No matter what time your guests arrive, pretend they’re early, so naturally you’re not ready.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

I’d like to marry a nice domesticated homosexual with a fetish for wiping down Formica and different vacuum-cleaner attachments.

(1960 – ) English comedian, novelist & actress

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they’re going to have some pretty annoying virtues.

(1932 – 2011) British-American actress

I don’t know whether Sadat and Begin deserve the Nobel Prize, but they both deserve Oscars.

(1898 – 1978) Israeli prime minister

You might be a redneck if… your daughter's Barbie Dream House has a clothesline in the front yard.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

As a child I most closely identified with Charlie Browns teacher… nobody listened.

(1970 –) American stand-up comedian

Bo Derek turned down the role of Helen Keller because she couldn't remember the lines.

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

No matter how much you give a homeless person for a cup of tea, you never get that cup of tea.

(1972 – ) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer & actor

I was such a nerd in high school, I didn't even have imaginary friends, I had imaginary bullies.

(1966 – ) American actor, musician & comedian

Joan Collins unfortunately can’t be with us tonight… she’s busy attending the birth of her next husband.

(1964 – ) English professional snooker player & television personality

A consultant is someone you pay a hundred-dollars-an-hour to give you the same advice you ignore from your assistant.

(1927 – ) magician & comedy writer

I smile so seldom that I wonder at Arlene Francis, who smiles persistently… like the Sorcerer's Apprentice, once she turns it on can she turn it off?

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

Transvestite: A guy who likes to eat, drink and be Mary!

You might be a redneck if… you wear someone else's work shirt.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him.

(1861 – 1950) American writer

According to a recent survey, men say the first thing they notice about a woman is their eyes, and women say the first thing they notice about men is they're a bunch of liars