Subject: Places (Page 31)

In England there are sixty different religions and only one sauce.

(1563 – 1608) Italian Catholic priest

When they said Canada, I thought it was up in the mountains somewhere.

(1926 – 1962) actress, sex symbol

I love nature, I just don't want to get any of it on me.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & 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

There is something about a closet that makes a skeleton terribly restless.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

(1927 – 1989) author, essayist & environmentalist

I'm proud to be paying taxes in the United States; the only thing is – I could be just as proud for half the money.

(1903 – 1983) American radio and television broadcaster & entertainer

The people of Crete, unfortunately, make more history than they can consume locally.

(1870 – 1916) British writer

Home: The place where you can scratch any place you itch.

It'll be a great place if they ever finish it.

William Sydney Porter (1862 – 1910) American writer

The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. Well, I didn't live in this century.

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

I'm from one of those places where the whole number system consists of one, two and a shitload.

(1955 – ) American actor, stand-up comedian & impressionist

No matter where you are, there you are.

I dropped out of West Point to become a comedian… probably the greatest service I will ever do for my country.

(1955 – ) American comedian

In modern America, anyone who attempts to write satirically about the events of the day finds it difficult to concoct a situation so bizarre that it may not actually come to pass while the article is still on the presses.

(1935 – ) columnist, journalist & novelist

I have a map of the United States… actual size.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

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

(1933 – ) English actor

That is what has made America last these past 200 centuries.

(1913 – 2006) 36th U.S. president

Go to L.A. – they got gangbangers that will stab you, and then go to the corner and wait for the light to turn green.

American stand-up comedian

I think we should take Iraq and Iran and combine them into one country and call it Irate; all the pissed off people live in one place and get it over with.

(1957 – ) American actor, comedian, writer & director

Home: A place where man goes to raise a fuss because something went wrong at the office.