Subject: People » Self

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

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

I was the centerfold for Playgirl magazine… the staples covered everything!

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

I’m really no different than anybody else; except that sometimes I get my name in the paper.

Canadian professional hockey player

A person who knows how to laugh at himself will never ceased to be amused.

(1934 – ) American actress, dancer, activist & author

A satirist is a man who discovers unpleasant things about himself and then says them about other people.

(1924 – ) Canadian writer

I don’t feel I’m even worthy of a normal amount of value.

(1964 – ) American stand-up comedian, actor & voice actor

I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.

American basketball player

I am the rock between me and the hard place.

(1966 – 2011) American stand-up comedian

I don’t consider myself a pessimist; I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain… and I feel soaked to the skin.

(1934 – ) Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet & novelist

My sex life is so bad, my G-spot has been declared a historical landmark.

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

All I want is a warm bed, a kind word and unlimited power.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

Modesty: Being comfortable that others will soon discover your greatness.

I watching a weird porn the other day; it was just a fat man crying and wanking at the same time…. then realized I hadn't turned the TV on.

(1973 – ) English writer & stand-up comedian

Every time I go near the stove, the dog howls.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

Things are gradually falling into place on top of me.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

Sometimes I think [my writing] sounds like I walked out of the room and left the typewriter running.

(1890 – 1960) journalist, author & dramatist

Egotist: A conceited ass who thinks he knows as much as you do.

Facetime fulfills a secret human desire: to mostly look at yourself while talking to other people.

(1982 – ) American comedian & actress

I am being frank about myself in this book; I tell of my first mistake on page 850.

(1923 – ) German-born diplomat & scholar

For weeks I’ve been telling him not to buy anything for my birthday, and he still forgot to bring me something.

I had a woman come up to me at the airport and say, “I don’t mean to insult you, but you look like Bobcat Goldthwait.”

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