Subject: Places (Page 20)

Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.

(1928 – 2001) American basketball coach

He was from Thailand or some other erotic place.

I went to Moscow once; it was so cold at night one guy fell out of bed and broke his pajamas.

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

Small Town: A place where everybody knows the troubles you’ve seen.

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

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

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

The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.

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

The waiters in France could all be senators in the U.S.

(1974 – ) American comedian

In America any boy may become President and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.

(1900 – 1965) diplomat & Democratic politician

Suburbia: Where they tear out the trees and then name streets after them.

I bought these shoes in Taiwan, and they said in the inside “Made around the corner.”

(1926 – 2012) Irish comedian & actor

The French like burgers, Madonna and Miami Vice.

(1955 – ) French President & politician

You gotta live somewhere.

(1948 – ) American stand-up comedian, writer & actor

When I get real bored, I like to drive downtown and get a great parking spot,
 then sit in my car and count how many people ask me if I'm leaving.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Contrary to popular belief, English women do not wear tweed nightgowns.

(1897-1987) actress & comedian

In Seattle you haven’t had enough coffee until you can thread a sewing machine while it’s running.

(1964 – ) American founder, president, CEO & chairman of Amazon

I knew I'd been living in Berkeley too long when I saw a sign that said 'Free firewood' and my first thought was 'Who was Firewood and what did he do?'

(1926 – ) English painter

In America there are two classes of travel: first class and with children.

(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist

I like American women; they do things sexually Russian girls never dream of doing… like showering.

(1951 – ) Soviet-American comedian

It requires a surgical operation to get a joke well into a Scotch understanding.

(1771 – 1845) English writer & Anglican clergyman