Subject: Places » World (Page 2)

Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.

(1939 – ) comedian, actress, writer & producer

If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.

1944) is an American writer & screenwriter

World: A place that was built in six days – and looks it.

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

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

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

(1908 – 1999) English writer

Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get it.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author

How would it be if we discovered that aliens only stopped by earth to let their kids take a leak?

(1950 – ) comedian & television host

Baseball is the belly of society. Straighten out baseball and you'll straighten out the rest of the world.

American baseball pitcher

I have a large seashell collection, which I keep scattered on beaches all over the world.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

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)

The world is a dangerous place; only yesterday I went into [a store] and punched someone in the face.

English musician, actor, writer & comedian

I know the world isn’t fair, but why isn’t it ever unfair in my favor?

(1955 – ) cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes)

It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that.

(1936 – ) American actor, director & screenwriter

Last night I fell asleep in a satellite dish… my dreams were broadcast all over the world.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

The only time the world beats a path to your door is when you are in the bathroom.

If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door.

(1962 – ) American author & poet

The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

It’s a small world, but I wouldn’t want to have to paint it.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

The world is a place that’s gone from being flat to round to crooked.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

The world gets better every day – then worse again in the evening.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist