Subject: Situations (Page 11)

Being tired isn't the same as being rich, but most times it's close enough.

(1962 – ) writer & journalist

When you're up to your nose, keep your mouth shut.

I sometimes close my eyes during a show because I have drawn a picture of an audience enjoying the show more on the back of my eyelids.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

Tell him I’ve been too f**king busy – or vice versa.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

The grass may be greener on the other side of the fence but you still have to mow it.

It is my last wish to be buried sitting up.

(1908 – 1989) American actress of film, television & theater

When I was on acid, I’d see things like beams of light and I’d hear sounds that sounded an awful lot like car horns.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

If anyone wants me tell them I'm being embalmed.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Whenever someone says, ‘I don’t believe in coincidences.’ I say, ‘Oh my God, me neither!’

comedian & animator

Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

(1672 – 1719) English essasyist, poet & politician

They say winning isn’t everything, and I’ve decided to take their word for it.

(1955 – ) cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes)

Parents are not quite interested in justice, they are interested in peace and quiet.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

One way to stop a runaway horse is to bet on him.

(1932 – 1997) British journalist

It is impossible to distinguish, from a distance, whether the bureaucrats associated with your project are simply sitting on their hands, or frantically trying to cover their asses.

If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me that question… wait a minute, I do have a dollar for every time I've been asked that question.

American basketball player & coach

I once saw a forklift lift a crate of forks… and it was way to literal for me.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

Whenever I hang out with a group of friends, I try to make sure we hang out clockwise… that way, if we're photographed, we are easy to identify.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

I like to hold hands at the movies… which always seems to startle strangers.

(1967 – ) is an American comedian & actor

If the shoe fits, get another one just like it.

Only have a nervous breakdown if you’ve got loads of money, and then you can really enjoy it.

(1955 – ) English composer, singer, songwriter & producer