Subject: People » Self (Page 12)

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

Canadian professional hockey player

Bore: One who insists upon talking about himself when you want to talk about yourself.

Sorry, Peg, I didn’t hear you; I was thinking of killing myself.

(1946 – ) American actor

I had one guy at a gas station in New York say to me, “Hey, you look like that Hugh Grant… no offense.”

(1960 – ) English actor

People ask me how much I weigh. I tell them, 145 pounds, naked; that is, if that scale outside the drugstore is anything to go by.

(1956 – ) American comedian

All my life affection has been showered on me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

I am a deeply superficial person.

(1928 – 1987) painter, printmaker & filmmaker

I'm a vegetarian… well I'm not hardcore because I eat meat, but only because I like the taste.

(1971 – ) Irish comedian, actor & writer

Til I was nine, my mother was still trying to get an abortion.

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

There is no ‘I’ in self-esteem.

(1982 – ) American comedian & actress

Why is it that nobody understands me and everybody likes me?

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

I always thought I'd go to the Oscars, but only as a stalker.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

I just moved into a new house – so I had to go door to door to notify my neighbors that I am a registered sex offender… I’m not really, but it keeps those f**king kids out of my yard!

comedian

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself… and you are the easiest person to fool.

(1918 – 1988) American physicist

I am much more comfortable in someone else’s skin.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

You know that creepy-looking guy you stare at two seats behind you, thinking, who would come to a movie by himself? That's me.

(1969 – ) Canadian ice hockey player & executive

My father was a simple man; my mother was a simple woman; you see the result standing in front of you, a simpleton.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

When I was kidnapped my parents snapped into action… they rented out my room.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

Sometimes I wish I wasn't W.C. Fields, but that's only when I can remember who I am.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

With my ol’ man, I got no respect. He told me to start at the bottom. He was teaching me how to swim.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

I’m not a fighter, I’m a bleeder.

(1971 – ) Irish comedian, actor & writer