Subject: Places (Page 4)

Jesse Ventura is basically proof that the people of Minnesota are not social drinkers… they are obviously alcoholics.

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

The train system is so chronic now, that any journey you undertake by train in Britain is identical to the one taken by Omar Sharif in Doctor Zhivago.

(1958 – 2006) English radio performer, stand-up comic & writer

If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.

(1874 – 1965) English dramatist & novelist

In Tulsa, restaurants have signs that say, 'Sorry, we're open.’

(1952 – ) comedian, actress & writer

Thank God we're living in a country where the sky's the limit, the stores are open late and you can shop in bed thanks to television.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

Half the people in Hollywood are dying to be discovered and the other half are afraid they will be.

(1878 – 1954) American actor of stage, screen & radio

Do you know how short you have to be to have a Napoleon complex in North Korea?

(1965 – 2010) American stand-up comedian & television personality

I was born in Alabama, but I only lived there for a month before I'd done everything there was to do.

(1959 – ) American comedian

A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won’t cross the street to vote in a national election.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor

Experts in advanced countries underestimate by a factor of 2 to 4 the ability of people in underdeveloped countries to do anything technical.

First of all, it's not that big, so I'm pretty sure a guy came up with that name.

comedian, writer, actor & producer

Fortissimo at last!

(1860 – 1911) Austrian composer

My boyfriend's kids are half-Swedish, half-Norwegian: "They're see-through."

American stand-up comedian, television writer & actor

In Seattle you haven’t had enough coffee until you can thread a sewing machine while it’s running.

(1964 – ) American founder, president, CEO & chairman of Amazon

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

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

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

You know it is summer in Ireland when the rain gets warmer.

(1892 – 1992) American film & television producer & director

Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for women.

(1879 – 1964) British politician

I don't want to brag, but I do speak Pig Latin; I mean, I'm not fluent, but I'm sure if I ever went there, I could get by.

Canadian-American comedian & writer

The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

The definition of an atheist in Alabama is a person who doesn’t believe in Bear Bryant.

Georgia football coach