Subject: Places (Page 25)

In Scotland we have mixed feelings about Global Warming…. because we all get to sit on the mountains and watch the English drown.

(1972 – ) Scottish comedian

I didn't know he was dead; I thought he was British.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.

(1942 – 2008) American author, producer, director & screenwriter

Irish people are Italians who can’t dress, Jamaicans who can’t dance.

(1960 – ) Irish singer-songwriter, musician, philanthropist & publicity seeker

If you are given a take-home exam, you will forget where you live.

The world is more complicated than most of our theories make it out to be.

I’ve been here (Los Angeles) eight months; I have been in two earthquakes, a race riot, floods and fires, and I left New York because I couldn't handle my mother.

comedian & television writer

Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and illiterate sport fisherman.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist

Where the hell is Australia anyway?

(1981 – ) American singer

What do you call an honest Iranian businessman? … Asif.

(1965 – ) British-Iranian comedian, actor & writer

L.A. is so celebrity-conscious, there's a restaurant that only serves Jack Nicholson – and when he shows up, they tell him there'll be a ten-minute wait.

(1956 – ) comedian, television host, social critic & political commentator

I don't want to say he's in bed with this administration, but they did find Dick Cheney's Rolex lodged in his colon.

(1961 – ) comedian, writer, radio & television personality & blogger

The suburbs are where they cut down all the trees and then name streets after them!

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

America is one long expectoration.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

An Englishmen thinks seated; a Frenchmen standing; an American pacing, an Irishman, afterwards.

(1858 – 1932) American physicist, physician & humorist

New York… when civilization falls apart, remember, we were way ahead of you.

(1947 – ) comedian & television host

The trees are so fer apart the woodpeckers got to tote their lunch.

(1902 – 1973) American actress

I don't like Norwegians at all; the sun never sets, the bar never opens, and the whole country smells of kippers.

(1903 – 1966) English writer

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

(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist

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

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

I go to New York and I saw a big sign saying “America Loves Smirnoff” and I said to myself, what a country!

(1951 – ) Soviet-American comedian