Subject: Places (Page 35)

The District of Columbia is a territory hounded on all sides by the United States of America.

(1909 – 1944) satiric author

I've got to tell you, that's a gorgeous four-and-a-half hour drive in from the airport.

(1966 – ) American stand-up comedian & actor

Living in L.A. is like not having a date on Saturday night.

(1946 – ) American actress

The time to enjoy a European trip is about three weeks after unpacking.

(1866 – 1944) American writer, newspaper columnist, playwright & humorist

When I started here I worked in a place where the Sky Room was on the second floor.

(1926 – 2017) American stand-up comedian & actor

Environmentalists say that every day an area the size of Wales is destroyed… why is it never Wales.

(1972 – ) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer & actor

Canada is a country whose main exports are hockey players and cold fronts; our main imports are baseball players and acid rain.

(1919 – 2000) Canadian prime minister & politician

I am the only Iranian comedian in the world… and that's three more than Germany!

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

The suburbs are like the bleacher seats of life.

(1966 – 2011) American stand-up comedian

Remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

scriptwriter & author

The trees in Siberia are miles apart, that's why the dogs are so fast.

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

If you live to be ninety in England and can still eat a boiled egg they think you deserve the Nobel Prize.

English author, actor, humorist & playwright

I went to San Francisco; I found someone's heart.


I’ve only been a New Yorker for ten years but the only people who are nice to us turn out to be Moonies.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist

… the only California houses on the market for less than a million dollars are those on fire… these generally go for six hundred thousand.

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

(1908 – 2006) Canadian-American economist

Every girl in my neighborhood looked like Kenny G.

comedian, writer, actor & producer

I come from Calcutta: in the UK you drive on the left of the road, in Calcutta we drive on what is left of the road.

Indian comedian

There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter.

(1942 – ) Scottish comedian, musician & actor

I like Mexico; it’s so… Mexican.

(1908 – 1990) American actress

The Middle Eastern states aren’t nations, they’re quarrels with borders.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist