Subject: Places (Page 45)

We'll explain the appeal of curling to you if you explain the appeal of the National Rifle Association to us.

(1945 – ) Canadian radio personality

An associate producer is the only guy in Hollywood who will associate with a producer.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

It is important to remember that the French have always been there when they needed us.


We have a President, perhaps for the very first time since the founding of our republic, who doesn’t appear to believe that America is the greatest earthly force for good the world has ever known.

(1964 – ) U.S. governor (Alaska) commentator & author

Last night, it was so cold, the flashers in New York were only describing themselves.

(1925 – 2005) television host

Rome had senators too, and that is why it declined.

(1902 – 1963) Danish actor

You always find something in the last place you look.

America is a large friendly dog in a small room; every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.

(1889 – 1975) English historian

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

(1935 – 1994) English writer

You can travel fifty thousand miles in America without once tasting a piece of good bread.

(1891 – 1980) novelist & painter

As a nation we are dedicated to keeping physically fit – and parking as close to the stadium as possible.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor

And later on, it’s the Syracuse Orangemen against the Indiana Hoosiers from Hawaii.

I live so far out of town, the mailman mails me my letters.

(1906 – 1998) English-born American comedian

I came from a real tough neighborhood; on my street, the kids take hubcaps – from moving cars.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author

England is the only country in the world where the food is more dangerous than the sex.

(1934 – ) comedian

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

You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a fruit fly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer’s heart.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

Kilt: A costume sometimes worn by Scotchmen in America and Americans in Scotland.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

What To Do When the Russians Come: A Survivor’s Guide

You can tell German wine from vinegar by the label.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist