Subject: People (Page 94)

We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them.

(1903 – 1966) English writer

I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Every time a woman leaves off something she looks better, but every time a man leaves off something he looks worse.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

The tenderest spot in a man's make-up is sometimes the bald spot on top of his head.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

When two people meet to decide how to spend a third person's money, fraud will result.

In any dealings with a collective body of people, the people will always be more tacky than originally expected.

I think it would be interesting if old people got anti-Alzheimer's disease where they slowly began to recover other people's lost memories.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

Let’s face it, sports writers, we’re not hanging around with brain surgeons.

(1909 – 1973) American sports journalist

Nobody ever asks a father how he manages to combine marriage and a career.

(1920 – 2001) American writer & humorist

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

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

We have the power to bore people long after we are dead.

(1885 – 1951) American novelist, short-story writer & playwright

Many years ago I remember a famous actress explaining to me with perfect seriousness that before making an entrance she always stood aside to allow God to go on first; I can also remember that on that particular occasion He gave a singularly uninspired performance.

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

She was what we used to call a suicide blonde—dyed by her own hand.

(1915 – 2005) Canadian writer

I’m a typical Capricorn; I’m hardworking, loyal, sometimes stubborn and I don’t believe in astrology.

(1974 – ) American Internet entrepreneur

That's the perfect microcosm for men and women: it takes a million sperm to find one egg 'cause they're all males and not one of them is gonna pull over and ask directions.

American actor & comedian

Every crowd has a silver lining.

(1810 – 1891) American politician, showman & businessman

My girl works at Hooters… in the kitchen.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

I am… an inflated swimsuit.

(1966 – ) English dance-pop singer, actress & former model

Animals may be our friends; but they won’t pick you up at the airport.

(1962 – ) comedian, actor, voice actor, screenwriter, & film & television director

There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.

(1900 – 1965) diplomat & Democratic politician

Y Chromosome: The cause of virility, war, baldness, hockey, sex crimes, clever inventions and a disinclination to ask for directions when lost.