Subject: Places (Page 7)

America is the country where you buy a lifetime supply of aspirin for one dollar and use it up in two weeks.

(1882 – 1942) American actor

Canada’s national bird is the grouse.

(1913 – 1987) Canadian journalist

I’m thrilled that the American people stopped him from running this time; as a citizen, I’m happy about that, but as a comic, I weep.

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

I was well warned about English food, so it did not surprise me, but I do wonder sometimes, how they ever manage to prise [lever] it up long enough to get a plate under it.

(1910 – 1997) American writer

Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men… there is a three year waiting list.

(1951 – ) Soviet-American comedian

I would say the world's in terrible shape, but I'm afraid the world would say, 'Look who's talking!'

(1943 – 1974) American singer (Mamas & Papas)

My God, we've had cloning in the South for years… it's called cousins.

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor

Also-ran: A British athlete.

British writer, cartoonist, poet & performer

The earth is a used Kleenex on the universe's nightstand.

(1959 – ) American stand-up comedian, actor & writer

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

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

In the city, a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; in the country it is a form of popular entertainment.

(1672 – 1719) English essasyist, poet & politician

The streets are safe in Philadelphia – it’s only the people who make them unsafe.

(1920 – 1991) American police officer & mayor of Philadelphia

The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest.

(1922 – 2007) American novelist

Hollywood is where they write the alibis before they write the story.

(1908 – 1942) American actress

It's hard to tell where Hollywood ends and the D.T.'s begin.

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

Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor

America is the only place where people go hunting on a full stomach.

(1965 – ) comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer & director

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

scriptwriter & author

American husbands are the best in the world; no other husbands are so generous to their wives, or can be so easily divorced.

(1864 – 1943) English writer

President Bush and the Indian prime minister agreed Thursday on a landmark nuclear energy agreement in which the U.S. would share its nuclear know-how and fuel with India. And, in exchange, India would take all our jobs.

(1970 – ) American actress, comedian, writer & producer

London: A place you go to get bronchitis.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist