Subject: Places (Page 3)

The best research [for playing a drunk] is being a British actor for 20 years.

(1933 – ) English actor

America is the only country where a significant proportion of the population believes that professional wrestling is real, but the moon landing was faked.

(1947 – ) comedian & television host

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything.

(1934 – 1997) journalist

You want a friend in Washington?… get a dog.

(1884 – 1972) 33rd U.S. president

If you can imagine a man having a vasectomy without anesthetic to the sound of frantic sitar playing, you will have some idea of what popular Turkish music is like.

American author

The only good thing about playing for Cleveland is you don't have to make road trips there.

American baseball player

The French drink to get loosened up for an event, to celebrate and event, and even to recover from an event.

French commission of alcoholism

We’re the greatest country on Earth except when it comes to getting shit done.

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

They say there are about 12 million illegal immigrants in this country, but if you ask a native American, that number is more like 300 million.

(1947 – ) comedian & television host

In Hollywood now when people die they don’t say, “did he leave a will?” but “did he leave a diary.”

(1946 – ) American actress & singer

President Bush and the Indian prime minister agreed Thursday on a landmark nuclear energy agreement in which the U.S. would share its nuclear know-how and fuel with India. And, in exchange, India would take all our jobs.

(1970 – ) American actress, comedian, writer & producer

I’m so American that I’m barely informed enough to have an opinion, but entitled enough to yell about it.

American comedian

You can tell German wine from vinegar by the label.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

It's hard to tell where Hollywood ends and the D.T.'s begin.

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

I should mention I’m not actually from Canada; my father was just stationed here during the Vietnam War.

Canadian comedian & author

Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.

1867 – 1931) English novelist

Canadians are Americans with no Disneyland.

(1937 – 2012) New Zealand author

… New Jersey?

(1973 – ) American actress

I find it hard to say, because when I was there, it seemed to be shut.

(1924 – 2009) English broadcaster, writer, politician & chef

Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel.

(1906 – 1972) pianist, composer, author, comedian & actor

England and America are two countries separated by a common language.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist