Subject: Places (Page 39)

Anyone who has been to an English public school will always feel comparatively at home in prison.

(1903 – 1966) English writer

You're looking at a very proud Canadian who is very proud of the educational system in Canadia.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Venezuela! Great, that's the Italian city with the guys in the boats, right?

American boxing promoter

Hollywood is the gold cap on a tooth that should have been pulled out years ago.

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

I bought these shoes in Taiwan, and they said in the inside “Made around the corner.”

(1926 – 2012) Irish comedian & actor

The suburbs are like the bleacher seats of life.

(1966 – 2011) American stand-up comedian

England is better only because I stand out there as ‘unusual.’

(1956 – ) American comedian

I've always tried to be a good American citizen, so I have made it a point not to learn any other language but English.

stand-up comedian

We’re not used to weather in June in this country.

professional football player, coach & executive

Cambridge is the kind of place where you can walk into a children’s bookstore and find a self-help section.

(1946 – ) American comedian, actor & voice actor

If an Englishman gets run down by a truck he apologizes to the truck.

(1934 – ) comedian

Americans always try to do the right thing – after they’ve tried everything else.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

Germany, the diseased world's bathhouse.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

In America any boy may become President and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.

(1900 – 1965) diplomat & Democratic politician

A hospital is no place to be sick.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

Chicago is not the most corrupt American city, it’s the most theatrically corrupt.


I did not fully understand the dread term 'terminal illness' until I saw Heathrow Airport for myself.

(1935 – 1994) English writer

There is no hell… there is only France.

(1940 – 1993) composer, guitarist, record producer & film director

I take my children everywhere, but they always find their way back home.

(1927 – ) magician & comedy writer

Driving a Porsche in London is like bringing a Ming vase to a football game.

(1952 – 2001) English writer, dramatist, & musician