Subject: Places

God is good to the Irish, but no one else is, not even the Irish.

(1858 – 1932) American physicist, physician & humorist

That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

America – a country that has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization.

(1905 – 1970) American writer

Home: The place where you can scratch any place you itch.

The English should give Ireland home rule – and reserve the motion picture rights.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

The Norwegian language has been described as German spoken underwater.

In the begining there was nothing, and it exploded.

(1948 – ) English novelist

The world is a dangerous place; only yesterday I went into [a store] and punched someone in the face.

English musician, actor, writer & comedian

The English never smash in a face; they merely refrain from asking it to dinner.

(1910 – 1997) American writer

Miami Beach is where neon goes to die.

(1923 – 1966) stand-up comedian, writer, social critic & satirist

America is a country where half the money is spent buying food, and the other half is spent trying to lose weight.

A Canadian is someone who knows how to make love in a canoe.

(1920 – 2004) Canadian author, television personality & journalist

You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a figure of speech.

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist

There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter.

(1942 – ) Scottish comedian, musician & actor

Powdered milk, powdered eggs, baby powder… what a country!

(1951 – ) Soviet-American comedian

Canadians have been so busy explaining to the Americans that we aren't British, and to the British that we aren't Americans that we haven't had time to become Canadians.

Canadian writer & speaker

America is the country where you buy a lifetime supply of aspirin for one dollar and use it up in two weeks.

(1882 – 1942) American actor

The Jews celebrate Passover by eating unpalatable food to remind them what will happen to their people if they ever leave New York City.

(1962 – ) American political satirist, writer, television host & comedian

Thank God we're living in a country where the sky's the limit, the stores are open late and you can shop in bed thanks to television.

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

North Korea is the country that the monkeys in The Wizard of Oz came from.

(1948 – ) stand-up comedian, actor, author & playwright

You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars.

(1934 – 1997) journalist