Subject: People » Self (Page 12)

Every time I sew a button back onto a shirt, there are then two solid minutes where I sincerely believe I would've survived the Oregon Trail.

(1982 – ) American comedian & actress

Dad, the odds of me knowing the score to the Mariners game is about the same as you knowing the score to Pacific Overtures.

(1955 – ) American actor, comedian, producer, director & singer

Everyone tries to get you to dance at clubs; and then I dance, and they’re like ‘not like that!’

(1978 – ) American comedian & writer

There is no ‘I’ in self-esteem.

(1982 – ) American comedian & actress

Elvis may have been the king of rock 'n' roll, but I am the queen.

Richard Penniman (1932 – ) American singer & pianist

Admiration: Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

I had slumps that lasted into the winter.

(1935 – ) American baseball player, sportscaster, comedian & actor

We were poor. we were so poor, in my neighborhood the rainbow was in black-and-white.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

I'm not into sports. If someone told me I had athlete's foot, I'd say that's not my foot!

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

My first job consisted of me answering a phone… but it wasn't for me.

British comedian

My parents never understood me; they were Japanese.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

When having my portrait painted I don’t want justice, I want mercy.

(1862 – 1952) Australian Prime Minister & politician

It’s amazing the fans want to see me play; it’s kind of scary; I guess that’s what’s wrong with our society.

professional baseball player

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

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

Things are gradually falling into place on top of me.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

I've never been married, but I tell people I'm divorced so they won't think something's wrong with me.

(1952 – ) comedian

Welcome to the Academy Awards or, as it's called at my home, 'Passover.'

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

Whatever is not nailed down is mine; what I can pry loose is not nailed down.

(1821 – 1900) American railroad magnate

What would bug a guy from the Taliban more than seeing a gay woman in a suit surrounded by Jews?

(1958 – ) comedian, actress & television host

Do not punish yourself, you deprive the world of its purpose.

(1967 – ) English comedian

You may already be a loser!

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor