Subject: Places (Page 10)

Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only more intelligent.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

It's a scientific fact; for every year a person lives in Hollywood, they lose two points of their IQ.

(1924 – 1984) American author

In China, the piano piece ‘Chopsticks’ is known as ‘Knife and Fork.’

(1922 – ) English comedy writer & television presenter

The New England conscience does not stop you from doing what you shouldn't – it just stops you from enjoying it.

(1917 – 1998) author, critic, animal rights activist

We called her Mother Earth… because she gave birth to us, and then we sucked her dry.

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

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

(1908 – 1999) English writer

The earth is a used Kleenex on the universe's nightstand.

(1959 – ) American stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for women.

(1879 – 1964) British politician

The world would not be in such a snarl, had Marx been Groucho instead of Karl.

(1888 – 1989) American composer & lyricist

In Scotland the forbidden fruit is fruit.

(1973 – ) English writer & stand-up comedian

What a town. They boo Willie Mays and cheer Khrushchev.

New York writer

America is still a land of promise, especially during a political campaign.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

We know Jesus can’t have been English; he is always wearing sandals, but never with socks.

(1958 – 2006) English radio performer, stand-up comic & writer

Do you know how short you have to be to have a Napoleon complex in North Korea?

(1965 – 2010) American stand-up comedian & television personality

For the white people, it would be like if you were going to Vermont.

American stand-up comedian

Any time three New Yorkers get into a cab without an argument, a bank has just been robbed.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

The French like burgers, Madonna and Miami Vice.

(1955 – ) French President & politician

It’s the only state in the country where you can stand on your front porch and actually watch your dog run away for three days.

(1966 – ) American stand-up comedian, television writer/producer & radio host

There is no room for amateurs… even in crossing the streets.

(1934 – ) American actor

My dad fought in World War II, and he never talks about it, of course – ’cause he’s Japanese.

comedian

Beverly Hills is so exclusive… their fire department won’t make house calls.

(1927 – ) Canadian-born American comedian & actor