Subject: Places (Page 31)

I like my buddies from west Texas; I liked them when I was young; I liked them then I was middle – age; I liked them before I was president; and I like them during president, and I like them after president.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

California is the only state in the union where you can fall asleep under a rose bush in full bloom and freeze to death.

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

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.

We've got stained glass windows in our house; it's those damned pigeons.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

'Bush and Son: Leading America to War Since 1990.'

(1969 – ) American actress, comedian, producer & writer

The English find ill-health not only interesting but respectable and often experience death in the effort to avoid a fuss.

(1908 – 1967) English novelist

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

It isn’t necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

Collectable Spoons of the 3rd Reich

Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees.

(1947 – ) comedian & television host

Ignorant people in preppy clothes are more dangerous to America than oil embargoes.

(1932 – ) Trinidad-born British writer

Washington is a place where men praise courage and act on elaborate personal cost-benefit calculations.

(1908 – 2006) Canadian-American economist

World: A place that was built in six days – and looks it.

I came from a real tough neighborhood; I put my hand in some cement and felt another hand.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

I couldn't settle in Italy – it was like living in a foreign country.

Welsh football player

Americans can eat garbage, provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup, mustard, chili sauce, Tabasco sauce, cayenne pepper, or any other condiment which destroys the original flavor of the dish.

(1891 – 1980) novelist & painter

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

New York writer

Hell is a place where the motorists are French, the policemen are German, and the cooks are English.

Anytime four New Yorkers get into a cab together without arguing, a bank robbery has just taken place.

(1925 – 2005) television host

From the prairies, to the oceans, wide with foam.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)